THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. Miscellanies; Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures. Boston: Phillips, Smson, 1856.
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EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. Miscellanies; Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures. Boston: Phillips, Smson, 1856.
8o. Original brown blindstamped cloth (slightest wear at ends of spine); red quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: C.V. Durant (signature on title dated 1884); Henry William Poor (bookplate); Walter Thomas Wallace (bookplate); William Harris Arnold (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of this collection of nine pieces by Emerson. With a distinguished provenance: Henry William Poor (1844-1915) made a fortune in investments and amassed a large collection of fine bindings, illuminated manuscripts and first editions. The copy was later in the collection of New York collectors Walter T. Wallace and W.H. Arnold. BAL 5367.
8o. Original brown blindstamped cloth (slightest wear at ends of spine); red quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: C.V. Durant (signature on title dated 1884); Henry William Poor (bookplate); Walter Thomas Wallace (bookplate); William Harris Arnold (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of this collection of nine pieces by Emerson. With a distinguished provenance: Henry William Poor (1844-1915) made a fortune in investments and amassed a large collection of fine bindings, illuminated manuscripts and first editions. The copy was later in the collection of New York collectors Walter T. Wallace and W.H. Arnold. BAL 5367.