HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL. Urania: A Rhymed Lesson. Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company, 1846. 8vo, original blue-green printed wrappers, soiled with some stains, chipped at edges, rear cover detached. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Holmes on the front cover: "Mr. G[eorge] B[arnell] Emerson with the respects of the Author (corner chipped and touching last letter in each line). BAL 8745.

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HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL. Urania: A Rhymed Lesson. Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company, 1846. 8vo, original blue-green printed wrappers, soiled with some stains, chipped at edges, rear cover detached. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Holmes on the front cover: "Mr. G[eorge] B[arnell] Emerson with the respects of the Author (corner chipped and touching last letter in each line). BAL 8745.

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Jack E. and Rachel Gindi

Lot Essay

George Barnell Emerson was influential 19th century educator, this copy with several marginal pencil marks (presumably Emerson's).

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