Ralph Waldo Emerson. Letters and Social Aims. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1883.
Price: US$9.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Volume VIII of Emerson's Complete Works. Green cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; edges and covers worn and rubbed; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; no jacket. Pages toned; interior is unmarked; 333 pages.
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 270 pp., Volume III of Emerson's Complete Works, Riverside Edition
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$13.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A solid used copy, vintage, with no markings to text. Brown cloth, gilt titling to spine (Author's Edition Complete noted), c 625 pages. Minor (water??) stain bottom edge, not affecting text. NO odor, NO mildew. Minor hinge-split to front, spine NOT broken and NOT fragile. First page inscription: From your friends. the Teachers of Goddard Seminary. Christmas, 1890. Still, a lovely copy.
Seller: Acorn Books Northwest, Silverdale, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$14.95 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Dk. brown cloth boards, gilt spine titles, moderate wear, some fray. Pages good. Spine reinforced at hinges. Solid copy. Few St. John's College stamps. 276 and 372 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Essays: Second Series. Houghton, Mifflin And Company, New York, 1883.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "Essays: Sirst Series. Being Volume III. of Emerson's Complete Works". Riverside edition. 1883 reprint. Blue pebbled cloth binding in better than very good condition. Very hard to find. 270 pages.
Seller: Arch Bridge Bookshop, Bellows Falls, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Near fine. Bound in publisher's green cloth. Gilt lettering. All edges red. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG++/no dust jacket. Bright blue cloth hardcover with gold lettering on spine and gold gild on head of page ends. 1883. Volume II. Light soiling and staining to boards and normal toning to pages. Date on first blank page. Very nice copy.
Seller: Blue Moon Books, Stevens Point, WI, U.S.A.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Five Volumes. Houghton Mifflin, 1883.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Complete set of five volumes published by Houghton Mifflin, 1883. All volumes have the bookplate of the former owner on the inside front cover, and the handwritten signature of the former owner (dated 1883) on the front endpapers. All volumes with wear along the cover edges and spine tips, but otherwise mild wear. No text markings noted on any of the five volumes. Volume V with hinge exposed at page 207; other volumes with sound bindings. This set appears to have had few owners and is in good plus condition.
Seller: Alplaus Books, Alplaus, NY, U.S.A.
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Houghton Mifflin 1883-1887, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Standard Library Edition, in 14 volumes, a complete set. Bound in a reddish-brown cloth with black endpages. Several of the spine labels are chipped; small loss to the cloth of spine crown of Vol. 5; some endpages are starting at the hinges. Overall a very good set. Will ship at cost.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 5 x 8 in. Brown cloth boards with brown calf spine labels with gilt titles. Frontis portraits with tissue guards. Standard Library Edition of 14 vols, complete. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers all very clean, a few have a lirrle rubbing. Minor wear to corners and spine tails, spine heads have some wear and slight loss. Leather spine labels vary, with some loss to six, the rest have a little wear. Bindings all tight. Endpapers and text all very clean and bright with no markings. Set - extra shipping may apply. Ess. RGR.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ORIGINAL COPYRIGHT: 1865. VOL I: NATURE, ADDRESS AND LECTURES (1883). VOL II: ESSAYS I: FIRST SERIES (1883). VOL III: ESSAYS II: SECOND SERIES, (1883). VOL IV: REPRESENTATIVE MEN (1883). VOL V: ENGLISH TRAITS (1884). VOL VI: CONDUCT OF LIFE (1888). VOL VII: SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE (1883). VOL VIII: LETTERS AND SOCIAL AIMS (1883). VOL IX POEMS (1895). VOL X: LECTURES AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES (1883). VOL XI: MISCELLANIES (1883). VOL XII: NATURAL HISTORY OF INTELLECT (1893). VOL XIII: MEMOIR I (1887). VOL XIV: MEMOIR II (1887). ALL BINDINGS MATCHED. CLEAN CLEAR COMPLETE GOLD GILT LETTERING AND LINES ON WHAT APPEARS TO BE THIN LEATHER LABELS ON THE SPINES. TOP EDGE GOLD GILT. TEXT PAGES ARE WHITE AND CRISP. THE BOOKS ARE SOLID AND CLEAN. SOMETIMES A NON-JARGON DESCRIPTION PROVIDES A MORE ACCURATE IMAGE: A USED BUT VERY NICE LOOKING SET. Size: OCTAVO
Seller: BRIER ROSE BOOKS, TEANECK, NJ, U.S.A.