Item #015678 MAY-DAY AND OTHER PIECES. Ralph Waldo EMERSON.

MAY-DAY AND OTHER PIECES

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. Hardcover. Original gilt-decorated white linen, the gift binding, one of only 100 copies bound thus from a total edition of 2000. Both BAL 5250 and Myerson A28.1.a note that the earliest inscribed copies are dated 1 May 1867, May Day. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author as "R. W. Emerson" to Mrs. Anna C. Lowell on 1 May 1867 on the first blank. Anna Cabot Lowell was the author of THEORY OF TEACHING, THE ELEMENTS OF ASTRONOMY, and several books for children. A few pages unopened. Spine slightly darkened with minor wear to the tips. Near Fine and scarce. Item #015678

Price: $8,500.00