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[Emerson, Ralph Waldo]
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description
Nature. Boston: James Munroe & Co., 1836
In 6s (7½ x 4½ in.; 192 x 114 mm). Moderate foxing of text. Publisher's blue reticulate cloth, covers with blind-blocked ornamental frame, front cover with title lettered in gilt, plain endpapers and edges (BAL frame A, cloth H); some wear and repair to extremities. Half blue morocco folding-case
In 6s (7½ x 4½ in.; 192 x 114 mm). Moderate foxing of text. Publisher's blue reticulate cloth, covers with blind-blocked ornamental frame, front cover with title lettered in gilt, plain endpapers and edges (BAL frame A, cloth H); some wear and repair to extremities. Half blue morocco folding-case
Literature
BAL 5181; Grolier/English 80
Catalogue Note
First edition, with the second, corrected state of the pagination on page 94 (no priority). An unusually good copy of a notoriously fragile book.