Published by Dover Publications, 2012
ISBN 10: 0486285081 ISBN 13: 9780486285085
Seller: Orion Tech, Kingwood, TX, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Good.
Silk. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). Reprint. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1937. Reprint of first edition. 8vo. Silk binding, titles in gilt, 357 pp. Previous owner name. Book appears to have been lightly read. Very good condition.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937
Seller: Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: USED_NEARFINE. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. This is "The Heart of Emerson's Journals", as edited by Bliss Perry. It is the 1937 printing, and has a gift card from the publisher, reading "With the compliments of Houghton Mifflin Company. the card has the emblematic device of the publisher printed in pale brown at the top of the card. This copy is still graced with an unclipped dust-jacket. Excerpted from the jacket blurb : "This great wealth of material, once found only scattered through the ten volumes of Emerson's Journals, has been made readily accessible in this notable book by Bliss Perry, one of America's most distinguished men of letters. The result is not only a self-portrait of the great Concord philosopher, unequalled in clarity and vivid interest, but a superb picture of American life in the Nineteenth Century." An exceptional specimen! TITLE : The Heart of Emerson's Journals AUTHOR : Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) EDITOR : Bliss Perry (1860 - 1954) [An amazingly productive Professor Emeritus of English Literature, author and editor] IMPRINT : Houghton Mifflin Company PLACE : Boston DATE : (1937) EDITION : Reissue by the original publisher SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES : Has a complimentary card from the publisher; still has a nicely-preserved, unclipped dust-jacket. DETAILS ; Trade hardcover; has a frontispiece with tissue guard, which is a photogravure portrait of Emerson; contains a Preface, a Chronological Table, and an Index; [xii] + 357 pages; 5 3/8" x 7 7/8"; dark green silk-covered boards and spine; gilt lettering on spine and front board; decorated dust-jacket still present and unclipped. CONDITION This is a previously owned book which remains clean and attractive, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR : The gilt lettering is bright; color is strong; the top spine extremity is slightly compressed; the rear cover has a touch of surface rub, but the binding in general remains bright and crisp; text-block edges are lightly toned, else clean. BINDING : Solid INTERIOR : The end-papers display production-related toning (this from the glue used) - else the interior is c=lean and free of marking DUST-JACKET : Overall toning; the top extremity of the spine panel is somewhat ragged, exhibiting creases, nicks and tears and small surface loss; the rear panel has a bit of crimping to the top edge and displays a few scuffs and spots; else the jacket display well, being complete, intact and unclipped (original price of $3.00 printed on front flap). PUBLISHER'S GIFT CARD : A wee crease to the bottom right corner tip, else clean and crisp.
Published by Dover Publications, 2012
ISBN 10: 0486285081 ISBN 13: 9780486285085
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: NEW. In shrink wrap! Looks like an interesting title!.