Anderson Galleries: FIRST EDITIONS of American Authors farming the Library of Frank Maier of New York. PART I. Tuesday and Wednesday. November 16th and 17th, 1909. The Anderson Auction Company. 12 East 46th. Street, New York., 782,

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Auction Date
November 16, 1909 - November 16, 1909
Page Size: 2317 items in 24 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
451 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Nature. Boston

1836

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451 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Nature. Boston

1836

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452 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) An Oration delivered before the Phi-Beta-Kappa Society at Cambridge August 31st, 1837. Boston

1837

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452 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) An Oration delivered before the Phi-Beta-Kappa Society at Cambridge August 31st, 1837. Boston

1837

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453 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) An Oration delivered before the Literary Societies of Dartmouth College, July 24, 1838. Boston

1838

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453 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) An Oration delivered before the Literary Societies of Dartmouth College, July 24, 1838. Boston

1838

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454 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Critical and Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas Carlyle (Edited with Introduction by Emerson). Boston

1838

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454 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Critical and Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas Carlyle (Edited with Introduction by Emerson). Boston

1838

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455 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) An Address delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity College, Cambridge, Sunday Evening, 15 July ... Boston

1838

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455 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) An Address delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity College, Cambridge, Sunday Evening, 15 July ... Boston

1838

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456 Jones Very EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). Essays and Poems. Boston

1839

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456 Jones Very EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). Essays and Poems. Boston

1839

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457 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Dial. A Magazine for Literature, Philosophy and Religion. Parts 1-16 [lacks part 14], 15 nos. Boston

1840-44

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457 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Dial. A Magazine for Literature, Philosophy and Religion. Parts 1-16 [lacks part 14], 15 nos. Boston

1840-44

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458 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Essays. Boston

1841

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458 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Essays. Boston

1841

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459 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Essays: With Preface by Thomas Carlyle. London

1841

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459 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Essays: With Preface by Thomas Carlyle. London

1841

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460 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Method of Nature. An Oration delivered before the Society of the Adelphi, in Waterville College ... Boston

1841

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460 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Method of Nature. An Oration delivered before the Society of the Adelphi, in Waterville College ... Boston

1841

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461 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Method of Nature. An Oration delivered before the Society of the Adelphi, in Waterville College ... Boston

1841

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461 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Method of Nature. An Oration delivered before the Society of the Adelphi, in Waterville College ... Boston

1841

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462 Thomas Carlyle EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). Past and Present. Boston

1843

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462 Thomas Carlyle EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). Past and Present. Boston

1843

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463 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Readings in American Poetry. For the use of Schools, by R. W. Griswold. New York

1843

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463 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Readings in American Poetry. For the use of Schools, by R. W. Griswold. New York

1843

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464 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Man, the Reformer. A Lecture read before the Mechanics' Apprentices' Library Association at the new ... Manchester [Eng.]

1843

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464 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Man, the Reformer. A Lecture read before the Mechanics' Apprentices' Library Association at the new ... Manchester [Eng.]

1843

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465 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Essays. Boston

1844

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465 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Essays. Boston

1844

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466 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Essays. London

1844

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466 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Essays. London

1844

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467 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Young American. A Lecture read before the Mercantile Library Ass'n in Boston at the Odeon, Wed ... London

1844

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467 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Young American. A Lecture read before the Mercantile Library Ass'n in Boston at the Odeon, Wed ... London

1844

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468 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Gift. A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1844. Philadelphia

1844

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468 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Gift. A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1844. Philadelphia

1844

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469 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) An Address delivered in Concord, Mass., Aug. 1st, 1844, on the Anniversary of Emancipation in the ... Boston

1844

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469 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) An Address delivered in Concord, Mass., Aug. 1st, 1844, on the Anniversary of Emancipation in the ... Boston

1844

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470 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Our Pastor's Offering. A compilation from the writings of the Pastors of the Second Church. Boston

1845

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470 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Our Pastor's Offering. A compilation from the writings of the Pastors of the Second Church. Boston

1845

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471 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Gift. A Christmas, New Year and Birthday Present, 1845. Philadelphia

1845

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471 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Gift. A Christmas, New Year and Birthday Present, 1845. Philadelphia

1845

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472 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Characteristics of Men of Genius; a series of Biographical, Historical and Critical Essays, selected ... London

1846

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472 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Characteristics of Men of Genius; a series of Biographical, Historical and Critical Essays, selected ... London

1846

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473 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Diadem for 1846. A Present for all Seasons. Philadelphia

1846

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473 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Diadem for 1846. A Present for all Seasons. Philadelphia

1846

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474 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Address of the Committee appointed by a Public Meeting held at Faneuil Hall Sept. 24, 1846, for the ... Boston

1846

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474 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Address of the Committee appointed by a Public Meeting held at Faneuil Hall Sept. 24, 1846, for the ... Boston

1846

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475 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Poems. Boston

1847

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475 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Poems. Boston

1847

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476 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Poems. London

1847

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476 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Poems. London

1847

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477 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Essays. Boston

1847

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477 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Essays. Boston

1847

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478 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Nature; Addresses and Lectures. Boston and Cambridge

1849

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478 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Nature; Addresses and Lectures. Boston and Cambridge

1849

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479 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Nature. Boston

1849

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479 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Nature. Boston

1849

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480 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Representative Men: Seven Lectures. Bost

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480 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Representative Men: Seven Lectures. Bost

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481 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Representative Men: Seven Lectures. Boston

1850

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481 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Representative Men: Seven Lectures. Boston

1850

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482 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Representative Men: Seven Lectures. London

1850

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482 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Representative Men: Seven Lectures. London

1850

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483 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Nature, an Essay; Lectures on the Times and on War. London

1850

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483 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Nature, an Essay; Lectures on the Times and on War. London

1850

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484 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Present, or A Gift for the Times. Manchester, N. H.

1850

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484 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Present, or A Gift for the Times. Manchester, N. H.

1850

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485 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Liberty Bell by Friends of Freedom. Boston

1851

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485 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Liberty Bell by Friends of Freedom. Boston

1851

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486 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli. Boston

1852

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486 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli. Boston

1852

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487 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Kossuth in New England: A full Account of the Hungarian Governor's Visit to Massachusetts. Boston

1852

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487 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Kossuth in New England: A full Account of the Hungarian Governor's Visit to Massachusetts. Boston

1852

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488 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). and others. Dix (John R.) Transatlantic Tracings and Popular Pictures from American Subjects. London

1853

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488 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). and others. Dix (John R.) Transatlantic Tracings and Popular Pictures from American Subjects. London

1853

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489 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Autographs for Freedom. New York

1854

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489 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Autographs for Freedom. New York

1854

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490 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) English Traits. Boston

1856

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490 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) English Traits. Boston

1856

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491 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Miscellanies; embracing Nature, Addresses and Lectures. Boston

1856

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491 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Miscellanies; embracing Nature, Addresses and Lectures. Boston

1856

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492 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Conduct of Life. Boston

1860

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492 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Conduct of Life. Boston

1860

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493 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The John Brown Invasion. An Authentic History of the Harper's Ferry Tragedy, with full details of ... Boston

1860

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493 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The John Brown Invasion. An Authentic History of the Harper's Ferry Tragedy, with full details of ... Boston

1860

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494 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Tributes to Theodore Parker at the Music Hall, June 17th, 1860, with the Proceedings of the New ... Boston

1860

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494 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Tributes to Theodore Parker at the Music Hall, June 17th, 1860, with the Proceedings of the New ... Boston

1860

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495 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Boatswain's Whistle. Boston

Nov. 9-19, 1864

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495 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Boatswain's Whistle. Boston

Nov. 9-19, 1864

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496 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Poems. Boston

1865

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496 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Poems. Boston

1865

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497 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Poems. Boston

1865

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497 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) Poems. Boston

1865

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498 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Gulistan or Rose Garden by Musle-Huddeen Sheik Saadi, of Shiraz. Boston

1865

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498 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) The Gulistan or Rose Garden by Musle-Huddeen Sheik Saadi, of Shiraz. Boston

1865

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499 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) May-Day and other Pieces. Boston

1867

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499 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) May-Day and other Pieces. Boston

1867

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500 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) May-Day and other Pieces. Boston

1867

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500 EMERSON (RALPH WALDO) May-Day and other Pieces. Boston

1867

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