complete works biographical introduction notes von ralph waldo emerson (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. MAURICE SENDAK'S COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION AUTOGRAPHED ONE OF 600 BOUND IN HALF LEATHER Autograph Centenary Edition. Limited to 600 numbered copies, signed by the publisher, this being number 127. With an Autograph Manuscript leaf bound into Volume I. Inscribed by Author(s).

The Autograph Centenary Edition of The Works; Large Paper Edition of Journals. ONE OF 600 SETS (no. 175 of Works; Vol. 1 of Journals No. 175, others No. 119). Title-pages and half-titles printed in red and black, each volume with engraved or photogravure frontispiece amd title-page vignette all on India paper mounted, numerous engraved or photogravure illustrations on India paper mounted. Manuscript leaf in volume 1. 22 vols. 8vo. The manuscript leaf is from Emerson's Poetry and Imagination (1836), citing William Godwin's The Life of Chaucer: ".only to sing when men have loaded me with bonds; for the moment I sing it, my chains fall in pieces, & I walk forth at liberty. I know a song, useful to all mankind for as soon as hatred inflames the sons of men, when I sing it, they are appeased. I know.". BAL 5314-16, 5463 (Works); BAL 5318-21, 5323, 6324-5326-29 (Journals) Full brown morocco gilt, watered silk endheets, turn-ins gilt, t.e.g. Spines slightly faded. Fine Title-pages and half-titles printed in red and black, each volume with engraved or photogravure frontispiece amd title-page vignette all on India paper mounted, numerous engraved or photogravure illustrations on India paper mounted. Manuscript leaf in volume 1. 22 vols. 8vo The Autograph Centenary Edition of The Works; Large Paper Edition of Journals. ONE OF 600 SETS (no. 175 of Works; Vol. 1 of Journals No. 175, others No. 119).

The Autograph Centenary edition of the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of 600 numbered copies containing a double sided manuscript in Emersonâs hand bound into volume one. Octavo, 12 volumes, original publisherâs cloth with printed paper spine labels, illustrated with numerous mounted photogravures, frontispiece portrait of Emerson to Vol. I with lettered tissue guard. One of 600 numbered copies signed by the publisher and with an original double sided manuscript in Emersonâs hand bound into volume one, this is number 515. The manuscript leaf reads in full, "Will anyone question the will of an aristocracy? Not, whilst there is any remainder of the substance in the form. For the name is a verdict. The noble ennoblis. That is his use. Can there be any greater? . two to make and atmosphere. I am acquainted with persons who go attended by this ambient cloud. It is sufficient that they come, it is not important what they say. The hospitable soul makes me wiser + bolder by provocation. There are others who have no deference, + who . one of all attributes but material values. As much health + muscle." In near fine condition. When Emerson died in 1882 he was the most famous public intellectual in America. This edition of the Complete Works includes all of Emersonâs poems, lectures, biographical sketches, letters, and his famous essays, several of which are here printed for the first time. Their "ethical inspiration and stimulation, their occasional startling phrase, their individualistic idealism, which stirred renascent Yankee New England to its depths, speaks with the same simple power and force in the midst of modern complexities" (Grolier, American 100 47).

The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. With a biographical introduction and notes by Edward Waldo Emerson and a general index. Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1903-1904. Autograph Centenary Edition. Limited to 600 numbered copies, signed by the publisher, this being number 20. With an Autograph Manuscript leaf bound into Volume I. Twelve octavo volumes (8 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches; 220 x 150 mm). Photogravure frontispieces and plates on India paper mounted. Title vignettes on India paper mounted. Contemporary three-quarter green morocco over marbled boards. Spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Boards ruled in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Marbled endpapers. Spines slightly faded, otherwise a fine and desirable set. The manuscript is one full sheet of blue paper, folded with manuscript on both sides. Much of the writing has been crossed through with the same hand. The start of the manuscript reads "It was said Virtue in this Age" and it ends with "The badman is alone in the universe." Myerson B19. HBS 68752. $4,500.

First edition, large paper issue, of the Journals, handsomely bound with the Autograph Centenary edition of the Works, each copy number 524 of 600 sets signed by the publisher and issued with a double-sided autograph leaf. This set features manuscript notes for a lecture, which were not retained in the published article, "Aristocracy", and are unrecorded save for a brief mention in this edition's footnotes. Both the Journals and the Works were produced by Emerson's son, Edward (1844-1930). His edition of the collected works remained the standard text until 1971. While lengthy extracts from Emerson's journals had previously been published, this edition of the Journals was the first comprehensive edition. It "was recognized at once as a prodigious undertaking rarely matched previously in providing insights into the intellectual growth of an author of Emerson's stature. It served to stimulate a wide range of critical commentary" (ODNB). This set also features a volume of bibliography, number 499 from a limited edition of 530 copies. BAL 5318-5329 & 5463; Myerson A52.I.1 D1 & B19. 23 vols, octavo (220 x 150 mm). Mounted photogravure frontispieces with captioned tissue guards, similar plates throughout, text printed in red and black. Folded manuscript leaf inlaid to size and bound in to front of vol. I. Publisher's deluxe brown crushed half morocco, spines lettered in gilt, compartments tooled with gilt foliate design, striped green patterned paper sides and endpapers, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges uncut, green bookmarkers. Many gatherings unopened. Spines uniformly sunned as usual, bindings very lightly rubbed. A near-fine set.