Ralph waldo emerson preface (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: vg. Limited ed. 1/1500. 8vo. xix. 377pp. Blue cloth with gold bordering to boards, gold illustration to cover and gilt lettering to spine. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Spine faded. Corners rubbed. Top page edge gilt. Illustrated end papers. Great work of literature. In English. In very good condition.…

dj. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); navy blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [xx],588pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown, and his annotations inked and pencilled throughout. Light rubbing to board edges; Very Good. Dustwrapper, designed by Roy Howard Brown, unclipped (priced $25.00), with trace soil, and light rubbing with tiny tears to extremities; Very Good. Sections include "A Reluctant Priesr (1825-1832)", "A Self on Trial (1839-1841)", and "Issue and Campaigns (1857-1865)", with chronology and concluding index. [86795].…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 379 pages; Snugly bound in original chestnut brown, trade cloth with boards beveled at edges and titles brightly in gilt to cover and spine and in blind to lower board. Light crimping to cloth at spine ends and trace fraying at crown. Coated brown endpages are neat and clean, though the name of the prior owner has been effaced from the bookplate to the front pastedown. Cloth at spine a trifle toned. Noatable Emerson preface for this first appearance of the Francis Gladwin translation of this important medieval Persian poet's Gulistan. Handsome clean copy. VG or better and uncommon in condition.…