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ENGLISH TRAITS
by EMERSON, Ralph Waldo
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A few small, faint stains to the cloth; a small gouge on the spine, not terrible in appearance. Otherwise the cloth is in very n
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Phillips, Sampson, & Co, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. A few small, faint stains to the cloth; a small gouge on the spine, not terrible in appearance. Otherwise the cloth is in very nice shape with the spine ends intact and the gilt bright. Contents very clean as well with the owner name of C.H.A. Carter on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Very Good custom-made slipcase. Original black cloth, blindstamped with gilt lettering on the spine, yellow endpapers. BAL 5226; Myerson A24.1.a. This copy with the battered type at the bottom of page 230 and the "1" on the half title page. Emerson's superb book on his travels in England including a chapter on Stonehenge. Housed in a cloth chemise and a half brown morocco slipcase with gilt lettering on the spine.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012028
- Title
- ENGLISH TRAITS
- Author
- EMERSON, Ralph Waldo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A few small, faint stains to the cloth; a small gouge on the spine, not terrible in appearance. Otherwise the cloth is in very n
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Phillips, Sampson, & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1856
- Keywords
- Travel Essays, Travel, Stonehenge, England
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century American Literature; 19th Century Literature; Essays; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Transcendentalism;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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