[Rarebooks] FS: First Edition of an American classic: Ralph Waldo Emerson's ESSAYS, 1841

[Charles Agvent]

 From our just posted internet catalog--American Transcendentalists: 
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau--consisting of 55 items, 
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EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. ESSAYS. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841. 
First Edition. Contemporary half black morocco and marbled boards with 
matching morocco corners, recently rebacked with a black morocco spine. 
BAL 5189; Myerson A10.1.a. Emerson's essential collection containing 
some of his best and most famous essays, including "Self-Reliance": "A 
foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" and "Whoso would 
be a man must be a nonconformist." Owner name of George Dickinson on the 
half-title page. Minor internal soiling; covers nice. Very Good copy of 
this classic.         $1,200.00

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