English Traits
by EMERSON, Ralph Waldo
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Co, 1856. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. Duodecimo. 5 x 7.75 in. 312 pp. Very good in the original ornamental brown cloth boards, with only minor shelf wear along the bottom and top corners, and chipping along the top of the spine. The binding is firm and the hinges are fully intact. There is light and periodic foxing throughout, as is typical of books of this era. Inscribed on the front free endpaper to fellow transcendentalist, "Sarah Clarke, from her friend, R. W. Emerson, Aug. 1856.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bagatelle Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5082
- Title
- English Traits
- Author
- EMERSON, Ralph Waldo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Phillips, Sampson, and Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1856
Terms of Sale
Bagatelle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bagatelle Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2019
Asheville, North Carolina
About Bagatelle Books, IOBA
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Spine
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Inscribed
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