EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. The Complete Works. . Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1903. The Autograph Centenary Edition, one of 600 copies, this copy 32, with a leaf of autograph manuscript bound-in, written in black ink on ruled blue paper. Twelve volumes of a possible 22 (as is frequently the case, lacking the ten volume Journals, issued later). Full red morocco attractively gilt, with marbled endpapers. 8 1/2 x 6 inches (22 x 15 cm); illustrated with photogravures throughout. Some minor binding wear, in all a very pretty set. The manuscript leaf here is from English Traits, part V, Ability, from "Steam is almost an Englishman..." to "All the houses in London buy their water..." (with partial sentences before and after). C
EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. The Complete Works. . Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1903. The Autograph Centenary Edition, one of 600 copies, this copy 32, with a leaf of autograph manuscript bound-in, written in black ink on ruled blue paper. Twelve volumes of a possible 22 (as is frequently the case, lacking the ten volume Journals, issued later). Full red morocco attractively gilt, with marbled endpapers. 8 1/2 x 6 inches (22 x 15 cm); illustrated with photogravures throughout. Some minor binding wear, in all a very pretty set. The manuscript leaf here is from English Traits, part V, Ability, from "Steam is almost an Englishman..." to "All the houses in London buy their water..." (with partial sentences before and after). C
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