The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (The Autograph Centenary Edition -- Complete in 12 Volumes AND with an Original Tipped-In Manuscript Leaf) PLUS The First 4 Volumes (of 10 Complete) of the Signed, Numbered Edition of Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson 1820-1872 -- Both Sets Bearing Emerson's Original Signature, Both Sets Beautifully Bound, 16 Volumes All Told

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Published by The Riverside Press (Houghton Mifflin Co.), Cambridge, MA, 1904

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A very attractive example of this sumptuous collection of the "Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson", bound in a lavish 3/4 dark-green morocco over marbled boards, with fine gilt-tooling at the compartments. Complete in 12 octavo volumes. The 1903-1904 "Autograph Centenary Edition", here honoring Emerson's 1803 birth. This set #67 of 600 copies issued of the "Autograph Centenary Edition", EACH SIGNED "HOUGHTON MIFFLIN & CO." AT THE LIMITATION AND EACH ALSO INCLUDING AN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LEAF, IN THIS CASE AN 1854 HANDWRITTEN LETTER --ADDRESSED FROM CONCORD-- IN VOLUME I IN RALPH WALDO EMERSON'S FLOWING HAND, TAKING UP BOTH SIDES OF THE BOUND-IN SINGLE SHEET. THE ALS GRACIOUSLY OFFERS THANKS FOR EMERSON'S "ELECTION AS AN HONORARY MEMBER OF 'THE EVERETT LITERARY ASSOCIATION'", WHILE ADMITTING "I AM MUCH TO BLAME FOR ALLOWING YOUR NOTE INFORMING ME OF MY ELECTION TO REMAIN UNACKNOWLEDGED HITHERTO". The set is bright and crisp and easily VG+ to Near Fine. Top-edges bright-gilt, deckled fore and bottom-edges. Very faint mustiness to several of the volumes, clean as could be internally, with no writing or markings of any kind. Illustrated in photogravure throughout, matching marbled endsheets and pastedowns as well. A lasting, significant collection of Emerson's full body of writings. IN ADDITION, also included are the first 4 volumes (of 10 all told) of "Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson 1820-1872". This is an example of the scarce signed, numbered sets, IN THIS CASE #67 OF 600 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON IN A STRONG INK AT THE FOOT OF HIS FRONTISPIECE PORTRAIT IN AN INSERTED SHEET IN VOLUME I. Likewise, this set is also lavishly bound in a 3/4 morocco, dark-brown in this case, also with fine gilt-tooling at the compartments. Published in 1909 and 1910, the complete set spans Emerson's journals from 1820 thru 1872 and, in its elusive signed/limited, remains one of the diamonds of Emerson's collections of writing. Here, "The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson" (in 12 Volumes) AND the first 4 volumes of "Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson". Both sets signed by Emerson.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (The Autograph Centenary Edition -- Complete in 12 Volumes AND with an Original Tipped-In Manuscript Leaf) PLUS The First 4 Volumes (of 10 Complete) of the Signed, Numbered Edition of Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson 1820-1872 -- Both Sets Bearing Emerson's Original Signature, Both Sets Beautifully Bound, 16 Volumes All Told
• Publisher: The Riverside Press (Houghton Mifflin Co.), Cambridge, MA
• Publication Date: 1904
• Binding: 3/4 leather
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry