INSCRIBED BY EMERSON TO HIS CLOSE FRIEND AND LONGTIME ADVISER
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. Essays: Second Series. Boston, 1844.
First edition, presentation copy, of the second series of Emerson's essays including such important works as "Experience," "The Poet," and "Nature," usual mixed first and second printing but composed almost entirely of first printing sheets, inscribed in the year of publication to his close friend and trusted adviser: "Abel Adams from his friend, R.W.E. 15 October, 1844." $17,500.
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INSCRIBED BY STEPHEN KING
KING, Stephen. Needful Things. New York, 1991.
First edition of King's critically praised "horror ride… where all hell breaks loose," boldly inscribed on the colophon leaf, "To Shirley—who has ESP, Stephen King 10/24/00." $2500.
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“AN INDISPENSABLE AUTHORITY”
STANHOPE, Earl (Philip Henry). Life of the Right Honorable William Pitt. London, 1861-62. Four volumes. First edition of Stanhope’s life of Pitt, with two engraved frontispieces, handsomely bound by Atelier. $1450.
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