Item #117669 Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Complete Edition. Prose and Poetry. Binding, Ralph Waldo EMERSON.
Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Complete Edition. Prose and Poetry
Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Complete Edition. Prose and Poetry

Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Complete Edition. Prose and Poetry

Melbourne, E.W. Cole, Book Arcade, [1900s] ('Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co, Edinburgh & London').

Octavo, xii, 1042 pages plus a frontispiece portrait.

Full morocco, extensively decorated in gilt on all surfaces, with gilt inner dentelles; boards a little bowed; binder's blanks each end are offset, with a contemporary inscription in ink on the one at the front of the book; an excellent copy.

The text appears to be a contemporary Eyre and Spottiswoode edition, with Cole's details (and 'Commonwealth of Australia') printed on the title page. The binding is anything but off the shelf: it is a superb example of colonial craftsmanship, stamped in gilt on the inside rear cover 'Bound by F. Binns, Adelaide'.

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