1907 Emerson Selected Essays Riverside Literature SeriesHoughton Mifflin Antique

Antique pre-owned condition with substantial age-related wear. Cloth covers show rubbing, staining, fading, edge wear, and fraying. The spine is darkened and worn. Pages have toning, foxing, and scattered age spots. A previous owner’s stamp appears inside the front. Binding remains intact, but the book should be handled carefully. Please review all photos closely for exact condition.  Description:  Antique 1907 edition of Selected Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson, from The Riverside Literature Series, published by Houghton, Mifflin & Company and printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge.  Selected and edited by Mary A. Jordan, M.A., Professor of English Language and Literature at Smith College.  Included essays:  * Compensation * Experience * Character * Self-Reliance * Heroism * History * Politics * Behavior * Manners * Friendship * Explanatory and critical notes  The book also includes a portrait frontispiece of Ralph Waldo Emerson with a printed facsimile signature.  Copyright page lists copyrights from 1903, 1904, and 1907. The front endpaper bears a vintage ownership stamp for Ralph T. Stone, 83 Prospect Ave., Buffalo, N.Y.  A nice early 20th-century literary volume for collectors of Emerson, American transcendentalism, antique schoolbooks, philosophy, and Riverside Literature Series editions.  The exact book pictured is the item you will receive.