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Ralph Waldo Emerson. 2 First Editions of his addresses.... (Total: 2 )
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. 2 First Editions of his addresses.Ralph Waldo Emerson. An Address Delivered Before the Senior Class in Divinity College, Cambridge, Sunday Evening, 15 July, 1838. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1838.
8vo. Original blue wrappers printed in black.
FIRST EDITION, one of 1,000 copies printed.
Condition: A few tiny chips at corners; some splitting near head of upper joint; tiny v-shaped internal tear to front wrapper into blank inner margin on title.
References: BAL 5184; Myerson A7.1.
Provenance: C. George Fenner (early ownership signature on upper wrapper in ink and pencil on title); purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 2 January 1963.
[With:]
Ralph Waldo Emerson. An Oration Delivered Before the Literary Societies of Dartmouth College, July 24, 1838. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1838.
8vo. Original blue wrappers printed in black.
FIRST EDITION, one of 1,000 copies printed.
Condition: Some chipping to spine and edges; some foxing.
References: BAL 5185; Myerson A8.1.
Provenance: Purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 22 January 1965. From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2025 September 10 - 11 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part III, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6321 (go to Auction Home page)
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