AUD 
CAD 
EUR 
HKD 
PLN 
SGD 
CHF 
USD 
+44 01225 448831
sales@rookebooks.com
1920 Essays
What Our Customers Say...
Description
Leather Binding, Scarce
A later edition, first printed in 1883.
A collection of the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, containing both the first and second series of his essays.
The essays include 'History', 'Self-Reliance', 'Friendship', 'Heroism', 'Character', 'Nominalist and Realist', and more, with a total of twenty essays.
Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and critical thinking, as well as a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society and conformity.
In a full blue calf binding with a gilt to fore edge.
Condition
In full calf. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing to boards, joints and extremities. Fading to spine. Odd mark to boards. Offsetting to free endpapers. Marks to endpapers. Internally, mostly firmly bound. First blank is disbound but present. Pages are bright and clean, with some marks to the leaves at the front and rear.
Good
Delivery & payment
We send all of our books via courier which is a fully tracked and insured service. In our experience we find this to be the most reliable and quickest form of delivery. Our primary courier is DHL, but we are able to accommodate special requests if required, including postal delivery for items under 2kg. See More Details