Travel - Emerson, Ralph Waldo

English Traits

Boston: Phillips and Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Emerson's observations on England, based in part on his visits there in 1833 and 1847. Called one of the best of American travel books and one of the great and permanent works of its kind according to Van Wyeck Brooks. Publisher's original black-brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt and ruled in blind with blind decorative devices, cover bordered in blind. 312 pp. A good to very good copy with shelf wear and wear at tips. Prior owner name to second endpaper. Good. Item #007973

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