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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Society And Solitude Twelve Chapters. Fields, Osgood & Co., Boston, 1870.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book is cocked. Binding is cracked preceding the half-title page and is rather loose in general. Page margins are lightly browned. Covers have very slight edge wear and very slight rubbing. Front cover and outer page ends have some traces of ink stains.
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo.. Society and Solitude. Twelve Chapters.. Fields, Osgood, & Co., Boston, 1870.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: 300 pp. 12mo, publisher's green cloth. First edition. BAL 5260. Lacking blank flyleaves at front and rear (two later blank leaves inserted at rear); recased.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE. Twelve Chapters.. Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870.
Price: US$42.21 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Previous owner bookplate on inside front cover: D.S. Meyer. No markings in book. Binding is fine. Lightly read. Rubbing to top and bottom spine cover edges. Spine lightly sunned. 300pp.
Seller: Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc., Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Presumed tenth printing of the American edition. 300pp. Brown beveled cloth gilt. Owner pencil name on front fly, binding slightly loose and slightly worn, corners lightly rubbed, spine end with tiny tears, good only. A collection of lectures delivered over Emerson's life; topics include civilization, art, domestic life, books , courage, success, old age and more.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Society And Solitude. Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Society and Solitude. Twelve Chapters. By Ralph Waldo Emerson and printed in Boston by Fields, Osgood, & Co. 1870, 300 pp, 7.25 x 4.75, 8vo, hardcover cloth binding. In fair condition, with rubbing and wear to boards, along with head and heel of spine. Hinges splitting at front and back. Text block remains complete and bound with occasional wear. General age-related toning to pages throughout. Signature on title page. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. An early, if not first edition, printing of the collection of works by American author, transcendentalist and abolitionist Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Society and Solitude. Fields, Osgood, 1870.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Small 8v in terra cotta cloth, spne title in gilt. Slight spine lean, corners rubbed, shallow chipping at both spine ends, p.o. bookplate, private library rubber stamp on the contents page, p.o. signature on the title page.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Society and Solitude: Twelve Chapters. Fields, Osgoo, & Co., 1870.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First edition, 1870 of one of Emerson's later works. Cover shows rather edgewear, notably on top spine area. Endpapers have some chips, and previous owner's signature in ink. Pages clean, with tanning. Binding still sound.
Seller: Blue Leaf Books, Winona, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. HB NODJ, 1870, 1st edition, Green Cloth Lettered Gold Gilt Bevelled edges, Spine Tear on Edges Up & Down mended & Reglued, Minor Rub & chips Extremities , Wrinkling on Spine, Interior Occasional Fox & former owner Name Pencil Relatively Nice & Tight, VG/G, AS-IS, NODJ, 300 pgs,
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE. Fields & Osgood, 1870.
Price: US$92.80 + shipping
Description: SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE, Fields & Osgood, 1870, first edition, slight wear to the fore edge corner tips and base of spine, else a tight vg copy in the publishers original cloth with unbroken inner hinges.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Emerson Ralph Waldo. Society and solitude. Fields, Osgood, Boston, 1870.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 300p. Contemporary brown cloth over boards with brown end papers. Two small spots on the spine and headband a little rubbed otherwise internally clean.
Seller: Rosenlund Rare Books & Manuscripts, Basking Ridge, NJ, U.S.A.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE. TWELVE CHAPTERS. Fields, Osgood & Co, Boston, 1870.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, [i-iv], [1]-300 pages. In Good condition. Bound in green cloth with gilt text on spine. Boards have open tearing to head edge of spine, fraying to spine edges, rubbing and bumping to corners, and mild edgewear and shelfwear. Textblock has light age toning, partial splitting to front interior hinge, creasing to front endpaper, and writing in pencil on second page. Shelved Room A. 1371818. Special Collections.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Society and Solitude.. Fields, Osgood Boston 1870, Boston, 1870.
Price: US$112.50 + shipping
Description: wr tp & bot sp, sp slight fd, hng start, inkname ow VG Bal 5260
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Society and Solitude. James Osgood, Boston, 1870.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Fields, Osgood, & Co., Boston:, 1870. EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE. Twelve Chapters. [Myerson A31.1.j; "the same as the first printing, except. [collation]"; 500 copies printed; noting five institutional holdings]. Octavo, Original terra cotta cloth beveled, some wear at edges, slight shake else good plus to very good original dark brown endsheets textblock is very good , pp. iv, 300 Ppps.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
EMERSON Ralph Waldo. Society and solitude. Fields & Osgood & Co, 1870.
Price: US$190.66 + shipping
Description: - Fields & Osgood & Co, Boston 1870, 11,5x18,5cm, reliure de l'éditeur. - Edition originale. Reliure de l'éditeur en plein cartonnage vert bouteille, dos lisse, nom de l'éditeur doré en queue, coiffes légèrement frottées, encadrement à froid sur les plats, gardes et contreplats de papier chocolat. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
Seller: Librairie Le Feu Follet, Paris, France
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Society and Solitude. BostonBoston: Fields, Osgood & Co. 1870, 1870.
Price: US$260.15 + shipping
Description: Orig. Crimson Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Extremities rubbed and top of spine is frayed slightly. Inner hinge slightly opened. Text is clean and tight. A very good copy of this highly interesting Emerson work.
Seller: Quaker Hill Books, Redding, CT, U.S.A.