Chicago: Donahue, Henneberry And Co.. Good Copy Of The Emerson Classic Seven Lectures. Boards Are Soiled And Have Edge Wear. Grey Cloth With Silver Gilt Decorative. Interior Clean And Tight With Pages Toned . Good. Decorative Cloth. Reprint.

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From the book:IT IS NATURAL to believe in great men. If the companions of our childhood should turn out to be heroes, and their condition regal it would not surprise us. All mythology opens with demigods, and the circumstance is high and poetic; that is, their genius is paramount. In the legends of the Gautama, the first men ate the earth and found it deliciously sweet. Nature seems to exist for the excellent. The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. They who lived with them found life glad and nutritious. Life is sweet and tolerable only in our belief in such society; and, actually or ideally, we manage to live with superiors. We call our children and our lands by their names. Their names are wrought into the verbs of language, their works and effigies are in our houses, and every circumstance of the day recalls an anecdote of them.

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Bookseller: Jen's Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000667
Title: Representative Men
Author: Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Format/Binding: Decorative Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0934710023
ISBN 13: 9780934710022
Publisher: Donahue, Henneberry And Co.
Place of Publication: Chicago
This edition first published: 1980
Pages: 267
Size: 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
Keywords: EMERSON, CLASSICS,

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Most are shipped the same day, all books will be shipped within 3 days of payment. Returns.1. Incorrect Book/Not As Described/Damaged: You are eligible for a full refund of the purchase price, including shipping costs, if your return is a result of an error on my part. To receive a refund, you must return your item directly to Jen's Books within 30 days of the estimated delivery date and in the same condition you received it in. 2. Book Did Not Arrive. You are eligible for a full refund of the purchase price, including shipping costs, if your book does not arrive between the estimated delivery date + 15 days and the estimated delivery date + 30 days. (For example if your estimated delivery date was November 1st, you would be eligible for a refund if the book still had not arrived by November 16th. You could initiate the return until December 1st.) 3. Changed Your Mind If you have changed your mind about a book that you have ordered, please contact me directly to request a return. You will be refunded the price of the book (not including original or return shipping charges). I will be happy to accommodate these requests for books in the same condition as when shipped.

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.