EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. Letters and Social Aims. Boston: Osgood 1876. 8vo, original green cloth; half morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING, inscribed by Emerson four days after publication on the front flyleaf: "William E. Channing, With the Author's regards, December 19, 1875"; with the error "inviolate" in line 5 of p. 308 corrected by hand (?Emerson's) to "inviolable"; with signature mark N on p. 209 (denoting for BAL an early copy). The author and clergyman Channing (1818-1901), nephew and namesake of the famous Unitarian divine, first met Emerson in 1840, introduced by Margaret Fuller. Emerson praised and encouraged his writing and when Channing married Margaret's sister Ellen in 1842, "they settled in Concord to be near Emerson. Except for prolonged visits to New York and Europe, Channing made Concord his home all the rest of his life. His whimsical personality endeared him to Hawthorne and Thoreau as well as Emerson"--John D. Gordan, Ralph Waldo Emerson...Catalogue of an Exhibition from the Berg Collection (New York: NYPL, 1953), p. 23 (from a note to Essays: Second Series inscribed to Channing). Myerson A34.1.a; BAL 5272. In fine condition. Provenance: Stephen H. Wakeman, bookplate (sale, AAA, 28 April 1924, lot 228) -- The Collection of the Late Charlton T. Henry (sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 26 November 1975, lot 513).

Details

EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. Letters and Social Aims. Boston: Osgood 1876. 8vo, original green cloth; half morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING, inscribed by Emerson four days after publication on the front flyleaf: "William E. Channing, With the Author's regards, December 19, 1875"; with the error "inviolate" in line 5 of p. 308 corrected by hand (?Emerson's) to "inviolable"; with signature mark N on p. 209 (denoting for BAL an early copy). The author and clergyman Channing (1818-1901), nephew and namesake of the famous Unitarian divine, first met Emerson in 1840, introduced by Margaret Fuller. Emerson praised and encouraged his writing and when Channing married Margaret's sister Ellen in 1842, "they settled in Concord to be near Emerson. Except for prolonged visits to New York and Europe, Channing made Concord his home all the rest of his life. His whimsical personality endeared him to Hawthorne and Thoreau as well as Emerson"--John D. Gordan, Ralph Waldo Emerson...Catalogue of an Exhibition from the Berg Collection (New York: NYPL, 1953), p. 23 (from a note to Essays: Second Series inscribed to Channing). Myerson A34.1.a; BAL 5272. In fine condition.
Provenance: Stephen H. Wakeman, bookplate (sale, AAA, 28 April 1924, lot 228) -- The Collection of the Late Charlton T. Henry (sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 26 November 1975, lot 513).