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Condition: Very Good
Description: A scarce untrimmed single issue in the original printed wrapper. Octavo. pp. [409] 410-544, [2] [i-iii] iv-vi. With errata slip tipped in at front, and an editor's ink emendation on p. 421. Scattered foxing and circular stain on back wrap, very good. *The Dial* was one of the most important American literary magazines of the 19th century, and also one of the scarcest, with a subscription list that "did not at any time reach three hundred names." Edited by Margaret Fuller (1840-42) and Ralph Waldo Emerson (1842-44), it published many of their best known literary works and critical writings, including reviews and translations. It also introduced the writings of Henry David Thoreau and other leading writers and social reformers connected with the Transcendentalist group and Brook Farm utopian community. This issue includes Margaret Fuller's *Marie Van Oosterwich. Translated from the French*; Amos Bronson Alcott's *Note to the Editor* and *Days from a Diary*; and Theodore Parker's *Thoughts on Theology*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1700.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A scarce untrimmed single issue in the original printed wrappers. Octavo. pp. [273] 274-408. Scattered foxing at the front, about near fine. *The Dial* was one of the most important American literary magazines of the 19th Century, and also one of the scarcest, with a subscription list that "did not at any time reach three hundred names." Edited by Margaret Fuller (1840-42) and Ralph Waldo Emerson (1842-44), it published many of their best known literary works and critical writings, including reviews and translations. It also introduced the writings of Henry David Thoreau and other leading writers and social reformers connected with the Transcendentalist group and Brook Farm utopian community. This issue includes two poems and two essays by Emerson: "The Park" and "Forbearance," "The Senses and the Soul" and "Editor's Table. Transcendentalism"; three substantial contributions by Margaret Fuller: "Yuca Filamentosa," "Bettine Brentano and Her Friend Günderode," and "Epilogue to the Tragedy of Essex"; and three sonnets by James Russell Lowell. A complete is available.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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Description: Recently and handsomely bound, without wrappers, in half green morocco leather and marbled boards with morocco corners and gilt-lettered red and brown morocco spine labels. A prototype of the 20th-century little magazine, the DIAL was the most important American literary periodical of the 19th century and one of the scarcest with print runs never exceeding 300 copies. First edited by Margaret Fuller (1840-42) and then by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1842-44), it not only featured many of their most important works but also introduced the writings of Henry David Thoreau. Published only from July 1840 to April 1844, Volume II's four issues contain two poems by Thoreau, including his important "Friendship," later collected in his first book, as well as contributions by Elizabeth Palmer Peabody and much by Emerson including his defining piece "Transcendentalism." Page 421 has an early ink correction, possibly in the hand of the editor. Errata slip bound in before the last issue. Contents with light to moderate foxing; several ink and blindstamp library stamps. Binding Fine
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Three consecutive single issues in the original printed wrappers. Octavos. Vol. 3, No. 1: July, 1842 (pp. [1] 2-136); No. 2: October, 1842 (pp. [137] 138-280); No. 3: January, 1843 (pp. [281] 282-416). Issue nos. 2 and 3 have one or two small tears to the wrapper (no. 3 has about an inch torn away from the top corner of the back wrap), else all three issues are about near fine with light scattered foxing. Edited by Margaret Fuller (1840-42) and Ralph Waldo Emerson (1842-44), *The Dial* was one of the most important American literary magazines of the 19th Century, and also one of the scarcest, with a subscription list that "did not at any time reach three hundred names." It published many of their best-known literary works and critical writings, including reviews and translations. It also introduced the writings of Henry David Thoreau and other leading writers and social reformers connected with the Transcendentalist group and Brook Farm utopian community. This set of three consecutive issues contains several poems and essays by Emerson, as well as all three of his *Lectures on the Times:* ("Introductory Lecture"; "The Conservative"; "The Transcendentalist"). Also included are eight poems by Thoreau, and his *Natural History of Massachusetts*, as well as literary works and reviews by Margaret Fuller. An important and scarce run of three issues in original wrappers, the issues are usually encountered bound together. A detailed list of selected contributions is available.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.