Representative Men
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
From the book:IT IS NATURAL to believe in great men. If the companions of our childhood should turn out to be heroes, and their condition regal it would not surprise us. All mythology opens with demigods, and the circumstance is high and poetic; that is, their genius is paramount. In the legends of the Gautama, the first men ate the earth and found it deliciously sweet. Nature seems to exist for the excellent. The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. They who lived with them found life glad and nutritious. Life is sweet and tolerable only in our belief in such society; and, actually or ideally, we manage to live with superiors. We call our children and our lands by their names. Their names are wrought into the verbs of language, their works and effigies are in our houses, and every circumstance of the day recalls an anecdote of them.
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Representative Men: Seven Lectures
by Emerson Waldo, Ralph
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Boston, Massachusetts: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1850. Hardcover. Good (boards scuffed, smudged & stained. corners rubbed to boards. spine peeled off one side & flapped. spine ends chipped w/ sections removed. hinges splitting at exterior spine edges; slightly rattled; tear to cover hinge gutter. pgs have instances of light smudges, stain or light foxing, but remain fairly unscathed.). … Read more about this item Item Price
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by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Early 1900's. Likely from the 1903 V-Series from WB Conkey Company. This series spanned 1902-1903. No publication date in the book. Pages are tanned, but remain clean and crisp. A beautiful copy of this classic piece of Emerson. Seven Lectures: Uses of Great Men, Plato, Swendenborg, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Napolean, Geothe Item Price
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by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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London: George Routledge and Sons , 1887. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None . A scarce Riverside edition comprising essays regarding seven eminent men such as Plato, Shakespeare, and Napoleon by Ralph Wando Emerson. A scarce copy of this work by Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Riverside edition, volume IV in the 'Representative Men' series of Emerson's… Read more about this item Item Price
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Representative Men: Seven Lectures, Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Published by Donohue, Henneberry & Co., Chicago IL No date. Circa 1890. 267 pages. Illustrated flower cloth boards, 1/3 silver on gray ; silver spine titles. Top edge gilt; rose reading ribbon. Title page in red titles; frontispiece portrait of Emerson protected by tissue guard. Text block is clean without any… Read more about this item Item Price
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REPRESENTATIVE MEN: SEVEN LECTURES
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
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Boston: Philips, Sampson and Company, 1850. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 1-285 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Rebound in half black leather with tan marbled paper boards and gilt text on spine. Five raised bands on spine. Marbled endpapers. Boards show mild wear to joints and rubbing to tail edge of boards and spine. Textblock has light… Read more about this item Item Price
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Representative Men.
by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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London, UK J.M. Dent: Aldine House, 1901. Leather Bound BRACKETS AND MARGINALIA in ink. Else, Very Good: shows mild rubbing to the panels; former owner's name and place inside the front pastedown endpaper; some darkening to the front and rear free endpapers; light wear to the extremities; the red sink ribbon marker is somewhat frayed; the binding leans… Read more about this item Item Price
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Representative Men : Seven Lectures
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
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The Mershon Company. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. a very worn book. the pictorial boards are very worn. they are marked and there are small tears. the binding has been repaired. the preliminary pages have been removed and the first page is the title page.. the book is undated but would appear to be circa 1910. there is a previous… Read more about this item Item Price
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Representative Men (Emerson's Complete Works, Volume IV, Riverside Edition)
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
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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 Item Price
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Representative Men
by EMERSON, Ralph Waldo
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- 1980
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n.p.:: Joseph Simon,. Near Fine. 1980. Hardcover. 0934710023 . First edition thus. Fine in an about fine slipcase. ; 204 pages . Item Price
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Representative Men
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
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Representative Men
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
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- 1980
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Malibu: Joseph Simon, 1980. This is one of Emerson's most enduring works. His "representative" men are Plato, Swedenborg, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Napoleon, and Goethe, each presenting to Emerson a particular quality. This is a Fine copy, presented in a Fine Binding by a small press. Based on the 1903 edition, with an introduction by Myron Simon. Blue linen cloth binding, blindstamped… Read more about this item Item Price
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REPRESENTATIVE MEN
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- 1980
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New York: Joseph Simon. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0934710023 . Near Fine in a Very Good+ slipcase. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 204 pages . Item Price
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Representative men: seven lectures / Ralph Waldo Emerson; text established by Douglas Emory Wilson; introduction by Andrew Delbanco
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)
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- 1996
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London, England: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1996. 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. Softcover. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xiv, 174 pages; 24 cm. Contents: Uses of great men -- Plato, or the philosopher --… Read more about this item Item Price
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Representative Men - English Traits And Other Essays
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- 1912
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Ward Lock And Co. Ltd., 1912. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1912. No Edition Remarks. 383 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. tears to some pages, text remains readable. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear… Read more about this item Item Price
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Representative Men: Seven Lectures
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- 1996
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- Paperback
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Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 1996. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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Representative Men; Nature, Addresses and Lectures (Two Volumes in One)
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
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- Author's Edition - Complete
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- 1883
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Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1883. Dk. brown cloth boards, gilt spine titles, moderate wear, some fray. Pages good. Spine reinforced at hinges. Solid copy. Few St. John's College stamps. 276 and 372 pages.. Author's Edition - Complete. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Item Price
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Representative Men: Seven Lectures
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Representative Men: Seven Lectures
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- 1996
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- Soft cover
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Harvard University Press, 1996. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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Representative Men - Poems
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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P. F. Collier & Son, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No edition stated. 244 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. From American Authors in Prose and Poetry series. Edges decoratively speckled. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor… Read more about this item Item Price
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Representative Men
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- 1980-12-01
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