[Rarebooks] FS: Emerson's First Book of Poetry in original boards, 1847

[Charles Agvent]

 From our recently posted internet catalog--American Transcendentalists: 
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau--consisting of 55 items, 
mostly new arrivals and with many autographed pieces. A direct link to 
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EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. POEMS. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1847. 
First American Edition. Published slightly earlier in London. Emerson's 
first book of poetry, bound in original yellow glazed boards neatly 
rebacked with most of the original spine laid down on attractive tan 
morocco. BAL 5211; Myerson A18.2.a mentions a half-title page which is 
not present in this copy. Collation matches exactly with BAL including 
the four-page catalog dated 1 January 1847 inserted at the front. Pencil 
signature of O. B. Frothingham dated 1847 on the front endpaper. A very 
clean, attractive copy, about Fine. Housed in a cloth chemise and brown 
half-morocco slipcase.         $850.00

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