Letters and Social Aims

Boston: Osgood, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. The rear hinge is broken and the front hinge is ready to go with some external splitting there as well. The spine tips are frayed. Good example of one of the finest Emerson Presentation copies extant. Original terra cotta cloth. BAL 5272: Signature mark N present on page 209; Myerson A34.1.a: correct… Read more about this item

1876. First Edition . Signed. EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. Letters and Social Aims. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1876 [i.e. 1875]. Octavo, original terracotta cloth. Housed in a half morocco chemise and full morocco slipcase. $11,000.First edition, first printing, association copy, of the last volume of essays published during Emerson's lifetime, bearing the ownership signature of Emerson's neighbor, Jeanie M. LeBrun,… Read more about this item

EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. LETTERS AND SOCIAL AIMS. Boston: James Osgood, 1876. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. (iv), 314 pages. First edition. [Bal, 5272; Myerson, A-34.1.a]. The first state with the binder's mark "N" on page 209. A collection of elev essays focusing on culture and the arts written late in Emerson's life when h began having trouble recalling the precise words… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.. VG+. 1876. 1st Edition. Leather & Boards. First edition, first state with 'N' printed on the blank boarder of pa ge 209, bound in beveled boards with green cloth and gold spine letter ing. 4 1/2" x 7", 314 pages. A VG+ copy. Tiny rubs to the corners and spine tips. Dust soiling… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition with "N" on page 209. Very good in green cloth with gold stamping on spine, Front hinge just starting, light wear at the spine ends.

Boston: James R. Osgood & Co, 1876. First edition, 12mo, pp. [4], 314; signature mark N on p. 209; occasional rubbing at extremities, otherwise a very good copy. BAL 5272 noting that "it is probable that the copies first printed have the signature mark N present on p. 209."

Boston: James R. Osgood and Co, 1876. First edition, 12mo, pp. [4], 314; publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles on spine; signature mark N on p. 209; rubbing at extremities, dampstains on front board, good and sound overall. BAL 5272 noting that "it is probable that the copies first printed have the signature mark N present on p. 209."… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood and Co, 1876. First Edition. Octavo. First issue with the issue points as stated by BAL. This work contains essays that were originally published early in the 1840s as well as those that were the product of a collaborative effort among Ralph Waldo Emerson, his daughter Ellen Tucker Emerson, his son Edward Waldo Emerson, and… Read more about this item

E-081: James R. Osgood & Co. Good+. 1876. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, MA. 1876. Iv, 314 pgs. With laid in cabinet card of Ralph Waldo Emerson present. Cabinet card is ca. 1874. From the studio of Eliphalet J. Foss of Boston, Ma. And from the collection of abolitionist… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. 1876. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Light staining on front panel. .

Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1910. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1910. 6th impression. 260 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.

Boston: James R. Osgood And Company, 1876. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Duodecimo, green cloth, brown coated endpapers, bevelled edges, tips os pine frayed, some spots on lower edge of top cover. The original titles was expected to be "Poetry and Criticism". BAL 5272 says probably the first printed sheets have the signature mark "N"… Read more about this item

Boston Houghton Mifflin, 1883, hardcover. New and revised edition, volume 7 of the Riverside Edition of the works, this is 1890 printing. -- Hardcover, dark blue cloth with gold spine lettering, TEG top-edge-gilt. Condition: near fine (light corner bump; no jacket).

Houghton Mifflin, 1893. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Attractively bound in period 3/4 polished brown calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, twin red morocco labels, and elaborate gilt floral tooling, marbled edges and endpapers (some darkening and wear to spine; slight staining and spotting to covers; some edgewear to… Read more about this item

1876. EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. Letters and Social Aims. Orig. cloth. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1876. First edition with "N" on p. 209. BAL 5272. A very good copy.

Houghton Mifflin, 1904. Hardcover. Good. 1904. No Edition Remarks. 441 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Some uncut pages throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osood, 1876. First Edition; BAL’s probable earliest state of page 209. Front hinge cracked; some cloth wear; very good. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author near publication day, “Miss Jerusha A. Gardner/ With respects of/ R. Waldo Emerson/ January, 1876.”

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Slight rubbing at spine edges and corner tips, with one corner having slight wear to the cloth; hinges tight and title bright, while the cloth is clean and there are no internal inscriptions. Scarce in this good condition.

James R. Good & Co. Good+. 1876. First American Edition. Hardcover. 1876 first edition. Shelf wear to the binding and rubbing to the spine and corners, with the corners slightly rubbed through.; 314 pages .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1884. Riverside Edition. Hardcover. Good+ in boards. Printed stamp on front pastedown. Top text block edge gilded. Hinges cracked in middle of text. .