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Lot 71
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
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Nov 12, 2020
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Nov 13, 2020
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$4,000
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Lot Description
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882). Essays. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.
8vo. Half-title. Original brown ribbed cloth gilt, yellow coated endpapers [BAL Binding C, no priority] (a few separations to joints, corners slightly bumped); red morocco slipcase gilt. Provenance: Foreman M. Lebold (1895-1953), collector of Lincolniana (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, including the first appearance of "Self Reliance." BAL 5189; Grolier American 47.
[Laid in:] Autograph letter signed ("R. W. Emerson") to E. A. Perkins. Concord, MA, 6 September 1864. 2 pages, 8vo, separations to fold affecting text and signature. Responding to an invitation: "It will give me pleasure to come to Cleveland this season, if I can..."
Property from the Collection of Sandra L. Bohannan