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RALPH WALDO EMERSON

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Essays: Second Series

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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Letters and Social Aims

EMERSON'S LETTERS AND SOCIAL AIMS, THE COPY OF EMERSON'S NEIGHBOR, JEANIE M. LEBRUN, BEARING BOTH HER SIGNATURE AND RALPH WALDO EMERSON'S SIGNATURE

EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. Letters and Social Aims. Boston, 1876.

First edition, first printing, association copy, of the last volume of essays published during Emerson's lifetime, bearing the ownership signature of Emerson's neighbor, Jeanie M. LeBrun, and additionally signed for her by Emerson and dated by him in the year of publication, "6 Jan 1876." $11,000.

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