The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, 1868-1881
Language: English
Published by Columbia University Press, New York, 1966
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Boswell's Books, Shelburne Falls, MA, U.S.A.Boswell's Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Number of Volumes: 6 Six volumes, complete. Second (1966) printing of 1939 edition. Original red cloth binding with gilt lettering on front boards and spines. No dust-jackets. Slight scuffing and pen mark on front board. Pages are clean and generally unmarked, save a few pencil notes in the index. Frontispieces: Volume 1 is a facsimile letter with rebuses written by Emerson in 1813; Volume 2 is a facsimile letter to Frederic Henry Hedge, Volume 3 is a facsimile letter to Margaret Fuller, Volume 4 is a facsimile of a letter to George Partridge Bradford, Volume 5 is a facsimile letter to James Elliot Cabot, Volume 6 is a facsimile page of Emerson's letter to Lidian Emerson in 1873. This six volume set covers the years 1813 to 1881. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was and American Transcendentalist poet and abolitionist. Ralph Leslie Rusk (1888-1962) was an American academic specializing in Emerson. Hardcover, good condition. Contains index to all six volumes, sixth volume photographed separately. Page count 1:458, 2:471, 3:462, 4:541, 5:546, 6:633, 3111 total pages, octavo.…
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- Title
- The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, 1868-1881
- Author
- Ralph Waldo Emerson; Ralph L. Rusk, editor
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press, New York
- Publication year
- 1966
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item weight
- 14.1 pounds
- Seller catalogs
- Emerson
Boswell's Books
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