Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Autograph Centenary Edition
Published by Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, 1903
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Seller: Barrow Bookstore, Concord, MA, U.S.A.Barrow Bookstore
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Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Autograph Centenary Edition 12 volumes Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin/ Riverside Press. 1903 Set Number 236 of 600 Bound into Volume I is a draft page in Emerson’s hand from his famed work ENGLISH TRAITS. The set is in Very Good Condition. Brown cloth with paper labels all in very good shape. Bindings are all tight and there are many uncut pages. Some very minor age-related signs of shelfwear, such as minor wear to the tops of several spines that are likely from people taking the books off the shelf. Most books have a prior owners bookplate on the inside cover. The bookplate reads: "The George W. Taylor Library. Bequeathed to the Scottish Rite Bodies in the Valley of Barrie by Illustrious Brother George W. Taylor 33 of Burlington. 1931." All volumes are in protective mylar. About Set No. 236 and its draft page from ENGLISH TRAITS Some of Emerson's draft pages for ENGLISH TRAITS eventually made their way into publisher Houghton Mifflin's hands and were bound into one of 600 Autograph Centenary Edition sets of the the Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Transcription of the draft page bound into this set follows (as transcribed by Barrow Bookstore): "Yet, as soon as we leave extreme cases, one claps thrdes [?] in to another for imperceptibly, that it becomes difficult to distinguish race from race. Thus the British race is now very well marked as the leading race. The British Anatomically or by metaphysical by a race, preeminently called British, held the land, when the Romans came, which , along there in the farthern parts took very fast the ideas manners of their conquerors. Then came first and last from central Asia Saxon Dane northerners." The second half of the transcription has slashes through it, presumed to be made by Emerson during the draft process. Barrow Bookstore’s best guess is that the draft page in Set 236 ended up being partially used in ENGLISH TRAITS published final version's Chapter 4 (Race) and Chapter XVIII (Result). From the final published version of ENGLISH TRAITS: Chapter 4, Race: The individuals at the extremes of divergence in one race of men are as unlike as the wolf to the lapdog. Yet each variety shades down imperceptibly into the next, and you cannot draw the line where a race begins or ends. Who can discriminate them anatomically, or metaphysically? Chapter XVIII: Result: They are well marked and differing from other leading races. Full Paragraph: England is the best of actual nations. It is no ideal framework, it is an old pile built in different ages, with repairs, additions, and makeshifts; but you see the poor best you have got. London is the epitome of our times, and the Rome of to-day. Broad-fronted, broad-bottomed Teutons, they stand in solid phalanx foursquare to the points of compass; they constitute the modern world, they have earned their vantage-ground, and held it through ages of adverse possession. They are well marked and differing from other leading races CONTAINED IN THIS SET 12 Volume Autograph Centenary Edition of Emerson’s Volume I – Nature, Addresses & Lectures Volume II – Essays I Volume III – Essays II Volume IV – Representative Men Volume V – English Traits Volume VI – Conduct of Life Volume VII – Society and Solitude Volume VIII – Letters and Social Aims Volume IX – Poems Volume X – Lectures and Biographical Sketches Volume XI – Miscellanies Volume XII – Natural History of the Intellect and Other Paper.…
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- Title
- Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Autograph Centenary Edition
- Author
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press
- Publication year
- 1903
- Condition
- Very Good
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- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Item weight
- 14 pounds
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Home for the eclectic reader, the Barrow Bookstore carries a wide range of rare, antiquarian and gently read books. Located in Concord, Massachusetts for over 53 years, we specialize in Concord authors and history, children's books and literature, and carry a general selection of used and rare titles from art, architecture, crafts and cooking, to gardening, WWII, history and science. The store is open seven days a week; stop by for a browse and a cup of tea!
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