Emerson, Ralph Waldo.

The Essay on Self-Reliance.

East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1908. Hardcover. As. 59 pp. 8vo. Brown paper boards with tan cloth spine with gold embossed titling. Also titled on poaper cover in black with Roycroft symbol on lower right corner. Heavy cream paper with the Royroft name and symbol watermarks. Deckled edge to foredge and foot, top edge of text block gilded. A very clean copy overall other than scuffing to the covers, minor staining. Frontispiece portrait of Emerson tipped onto a dark brown paper that matches the covers and endpapers. Ribbon bookmark present and laid in, no longer connected at spine. Very Good.
[Book #29084]

Price: $125.00