THE CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON, As Observed in Concord May 25 1903, Under the Direction of the Social Circle in Concord. This item is unavailable.THE CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON, As Observed in Concord May 25 1903, Under the Direction of the Social Circle in Concord

First edition. Extra-illustrated with 19 additional plates (15 of which are photographs); frontispiece. [viii], 136, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Includes addresses by William Lorenzo Eaton, Le Baron Russell Briggs, Samuel Hoar, Charles Eliot Norton, Thomas Wentworth Higginson and George Frisbie Hoar; and speeches by Caroline Hazard, Moorfield Storey, Hugo Münsterberg, and Edward Waldo Emerson. Extra-illustrated copy, with fifteen additional vintage photographic prints, including individual portraits of each contributor: 1) Architectural photograph of Ralph W. Emerson's Concord home [at contents page] 2) Photographic portrait of contributor Le Baron Russell Briggs [page 14] 3) Architectural photograph of First Parish Meeting House (Concord) [page 33] 4) Photographic portrait of contributor Samuel Hoar [page 36] 5) Photographic portrait of contributor Charles Eliot Norton [page 45] 6) Photographic portrait of contributor Thomas Wentworth Higginson [page 58] 7) Photographic portrait of contributor William James [page 67] 8) Photographic portrait of contributor George Frisbie Hoar [page 78] 9) Photographic portrait of unidentified woman [Ellen T. Emerson?; page 97] 10) Photographic portrait of contributor Caroline Hazard [page 98] 11) Photographic portrait of contributor Moorfield Storey [page 104] 12) Photographic portrait of contributor Hugo Munsterberg [page 113] 13) Photographic portrait of contributor Edward Waldo Emerson [page 119] 14) Landscape photograph of Concord Battle Monument (and environs) [page 128] 15) Photographic portrait of contributor George Adam Smith [page 131]. Myerson D172 Early twentieth-century three-quarter polished calf gilt. Rebacked, preserving spine. Minor rubbing, text and plates fresh and clean Extra-illustrated with 19 additional plates (15 of which are photographs); frontispiece. [viii], 136, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo.…