[Rarebooks] FS: Ralph Waldo Emerson Letter

[Charles Agvent]

EMERSON,  Ralph Waldo. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED  (ALS).  Concord: 9
June  1864.  A  2-page letter on two sides of one half of  a  9-3/4" x
7-1/4"  sheet  of paper addressed "My dear Sir" to Abijah Metcalf  Ide
saying  he  is  "happy to hear such good tidings of  your  fair  young
friend  whom I remember with great regard." SIGNED as "R. W. Emerson."
This  letter,  along with the others we are offering, was the  subject
of  a 1991 article by Melanie Bauer in RESOURCES FOR AMERICAN LITERARY
STUDY  titled  "Emerson's Acquaintance with Abijah Metcalf  Ide,  Jr.:
Six  Unpublished Letters" [RALS17 (1991): 258-262]. With the  original
envelope  addressed  by  Emerson with stamps and  a  postmark.  Normal
creases from mailing; traces of mounting on verso. Fine       $1250.00

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