The complete writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson: containing all of his inspiring essays, lectures, poems, addresses, studies, biographical sketches and miscellaneous works; Complete in One Volume

A Fair but fragile copy of ".Emerson's writings complete--the most modern mind in America presented to a generation which welcomes his daring ideas, in the compact, companionable form preferred by modern men and women." Wear to green boards with spotting to front. Wear to spine with sunning and chipping at the base. Tear along the spine to rear boards causing threading as the spine webbing can be seen. Sunning inside covers. Extensive creasing to pages and previous owner's notes in black ink. Separation between pages of rear flyleaves with the webbing visible. Rear flyleaf has previous owner's writing in blue pencil. 1435 pages. Contents by thumb indexes:"Nature addresses and lectures; Essays, first series; Essays, second series; Representative men; English traits; Conduct of life; Society and solitude; Letters and social aims; Poems; Lectures and biographical sketches; Miscellanies; Natural history of intellect; General Index" Table Of Contents includes the section:"Paper From The Dial".…