[Rarebooks] FS: Emerson's First Substantial Publication, INSCRIBED, with Shattuck's HISTORY OF CONCORD, price reduced
Charles Agvent
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Price reduced to $20,000 NET
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, referring 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. (#013162) $30,000
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