EMERSON, Ralph Waldo

English Traits

Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Co., 1856. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 5 x 7.75 in. 312 pp. Very good in the original ornamental brown cloth boards, with only minor shelf wear along the bottom and top corners, and chipping along the top of the spine. The binding is firm and the hinges are fully intact. There is light and periodic foxing throughout, as is typical of books of this era. Very good. Item #5082

Inscribed on the front free endpaper to fellow transcendentalist, "Sarah Clarke, from her friend, R. W. Emerson, Aug. 1856."

Price: $5,000.00