EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. An Oration, Delivered before the Literary Societies of Dartmouth College, July 24, 1838, Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1838, small chip and split at heel of spine, cloth folding case. [Laid in:] Autograph letter signed from Emerson to the publishers of this pamphlet, Little and Brown, Concord, 14 August 1838, 1 page, 8vo, integral address leaf with cancelled postmark and two seal tears, REQUESTING A PROOF OF THIS ORATION: "Why do you send me no proof sheets? I sent you last Thursday or Friday the first part of my Ms. Oration, and yesterday morning, a second part...I trust you have received these pacquets. I wish the printing to go on immediately, that the pamphlet may be out before Commencement..." The Stephen H. Wakeman copy, bookplate inside folding case -- EMERSON. An Oration, Delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, at Cambridge, August 31, 1837, Boston, 1837, in blue morocco slipcase with following item. Known as "The American Scholar" address. Signature on front wrapper of S.L. Abbott (Harvard Class of 1838) -- EMERSON. An Address Delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity College, Cambridge...15 July 1838, Boston, 1838, a vertical crease from folding. Together 3 vols., 8vo, original printed wrappers, and 1 letter, FIRST EDITIONS. Myerson A8.1 (referring to the Emerson letter above), A5.1 and A7.1; BAL 5185, 5183, and 5184. Very good copies. (3)

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EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. An Oration, Delivered before the Literary Societies of Dartmouth College, July 24, 1838, Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1838, small chip and split at heel of spine, cloth folding case. [Laid in:] Autograph letter signed from Emerson to the publishers of this pamphlet, Little and Brown, Concord, 14 August 1838, 1 page, 8vo, integral address leaf with cancelled postmark and two seal tears, REQUESTING A PROOF OF THIS ORATION: "Why do you send me no proof sheets? I sent you last Thursday or Friday the first part of my Ms. Oration, and yesterday morning, a second part...I trust you have received these pacquets. I wish the printing to go on immediately, that the pamphlet may be out before Commencement..." The Stephen H. Wakeman copy, bookplate inside folding case -- EMERSON. An Oration, Delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, at Cambridge, August 31, 1837, Boston, 1837, in blue morocco slipcase with following item. Known as "The American Scholar" address. Signature on front wrapper of S.L. Abbott (Harvard Class of 1838) -- EMERSON. An Address Delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity College, Cambridge...15 July 1838, Boston, 1838, a vertical crease from folding. Together 3 vols., 8vo, original printed wrappers, and 1 letter, FIRST EDITIONS. Myerson A8.1 (referring to the Emerson letter above), A5.1 and A7.1; BAL 5185, 5183, and 5184. Very good copies. (3)