[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce Speech INSCRIBED by Ralph Waldo Emerson, with additional material

[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 with SHATTUCK, Lemuel. A HISTORICAL DISCOURSE, 
DELIVERED BEFORE THE CITIZENS OF CONCORD, 12TH SEPT. 1835 with A HISTORY 
OF THE TOWN OF CONCORD. Concord: G. F. Bemis/John Stacy, 1835. First 
Edition. Original blindstamped publisher's dark brown cloth containing 
in this order: Shattuck's HISTORY OF CONCORD (viii, 392 pages with 
folding map); an offprint REVIEW OF A HISTORY OF CONCORD FROM THE NORTH 
AMERICAN REVIEW, No. XCI (20 pages); and importantly, Emerson's address 
on the Second Centennial Anniversary of the incorporation of Concord (52 
pages), INSCRIBED by the author on the top of the title: "Mr. Lemuel 
Shattuck/with Mr. Emerson's comp." The end of the final word in the 
inscription was trimmed and the original blue wrappers discarded when 
bound with the other two items, the original size 6-7/16" x 9- 3/4" 
trimmed to 5-1/2" x 8-3/4". BAL 5178; Myerson A2.1: second state with 
signature mark 3 present, but he notes that the order of states is 
arbitrary. Emerson's first separately published substantial publication, 
preceded only by the pamphlet and broadside printings of his 1832 
LETTER...TO THE SECOND CHURCH, is scarce not only due to a likely very 
small printing but also to a fire at the Town-Clerk's office in Concord 
that is said to have destroyed most copies. He consulted the proof 
sheets of Shattuck's history, published shortly after the town's 
celebration, in creating this work, refering to it in 23 footnotes. The 
strong circumstantial evidence leads us to believe this is Shattuck's 
own copy of his work and the offprint as well, bound together for him 
with the pamphlet given to him by Emerson. Bookplate of the Reverend 
Philip Wheeler on the front pastedown. The Shattuck title page 
reinforced at the gutter. Near Fine, neatly rebacked retaining the 
original spine. Superb.         $30,000.00

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