The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Edition de Luxe, Complete 5 Volume Set)

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Published by Bigelow, Brown & Co., Inc., New York

About this Item

Complete 5-volume set of The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, published by Bigelow, Brown & Co., Inc., New York, circa 1910-1920. Edition de Luxe (so marked at spine foot of each volume). No publication date stated. Volume contents: Vol. I - Essays, First and Second Series; Vol. II - English Traits, Representative Men, Addresses; Vol. III - Conduct of Life, Solitude and Society, Essays and Addresses; Vol. IV - Nature, Addresses, Dial Papers; Vol. V - Life of Emerson, Poems. Quarter-bound in dark blue leather with light blue cloth sides and leather corners. Decorative gilt panels and gilt lettering to spines featuring rosette medallions and geometric tooling. Top edges gilt. Provenance: Each volume bears a blind-embossed personal library seal of Robert M. Johnson with RMJ monogram (pressure-embossed only, no ink). Condition: Spines retain bright gilt and remain attractive with only minor rubbing at head and foot of a couple of volumes. Top edges gilt remain bright. Cloth sides show mild soiling, rubbing, and light spotting. Leather corners lightly worn. Heavy foxing and dampstaining to bottom page edges of all five volumes, with dampstaining visible on endpapers and some interior pages throughout. No mildew and no odor. Bindings tight, all pages present and complete, no loose or detached pages. A structurally sound set that displays well on the shelf; interior shows its age. Shipped with care. --- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was the central figure of the American Transcendentalist movement, a philosopher, essayist, and poet whose advocacy of self-reliance, individualism, and the inherent divinity of nature reshaped American intellectual life. This subscription-era Edition de Luxe set collects his major essays, English Traits, Representative Men, The Conduct of Life, Society and Solitude, Nature, the Addresses and Dial papers, a biographical memoir of Emerson, and his complete poems across five handsomely bound volumes.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Edition de Luxe, Complete 5 Volume Set)
• Publisher: Bigelow, Brown & Co., Inc., New York
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: Edition de Luxe.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 10 pounds