NY: Lovell, Coryell & Co.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. N.D.. First Edition Thus. 1. Leather. Half leather with marbled boards and endpapers, brown and green leather spine labels with gilt lettering, gilt decoration on spine, t.e.g. . Rear hinge is cracked, leather is splitting for about 2" at the head of the spine, leather is very dry and rubbed on the spine and tips, else unmarked, square and clean. VERY GOOD- . . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 248 pp .

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American essayist, philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) lead Transcendentalism in the early nineteenth century and greatly influenced the later New Thought movement. Summing up his work, Emerson said that his primary principle was "the infinitude of the private man", and advised to "make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." His First Series collects together the following 12 essays: History, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Spiritual Laws, Love, Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, The Over-Soul, Circles, Intellect and Art.

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Bookseller: Round Table Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 18080
Title: Essays, First Series
Author: Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Format/Binding: Leather
Book Condition: Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition Thus. 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Lovell, Coryell & Co.
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: N.D.
Keywords: Philosophers;, Philosophy;, ESSAYS;, emerson;
Bookseller catalogs: Philosophy & Social Sciences;

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