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Ralph Waldo Emerson

57 copies for sale · $30–$30,000 · 5 first editions · 3 signed

Notable copies for sale

Give All to Love Manuscript poem (signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$30,000
Emerson's Essays (The World's Greatest Literature) 1936 Ralph Waldo Emerson HC (1936) — eBay$42
Orations, Lectures, and Essays — Bartleby's Books$250
Representative Men Seven Lectures — Crossroads Books$32
ESSAYS — Oak Knoll Books$1,000
Essays (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$3,000
LETTERS AND SOCIAL AIMS — Rare Book Cellar$946
THE PROSE WORKS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON; In Two Volumes — Rare Book Cellar$748
The Conduct of Life — James Cummins Bookseller$600
Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Soldiers' Monument, in Concord, Mass (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$500
REPRESENTATIVE MEN — Rare Book Cellar$473
Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Soldiers' Monument, in Concord, Mass (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$350

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Works on the market

CONDUCT OF LIFE4 copies · $125–$600
LETTERS AND SOCIAL AIMS3 copies · $78–$946
Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Soldiers' Monument, in Concord, Mass2 copies · $350–$500
REPRESENTATIVE MEN2 copies · $206–$473
ESSAYS FIRST AND SECOND SERIES; Franklin Library2 copies · $330
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS2 copies · $293–$298
REPRESENTATIVE MEN; Seven Lectures2 copies · $32–$273
ENGLISH TRAITS2 copies · $35–$206
ESSAYS SECOND SERIES2 copies · $46–$206
Give All to Love Manuscript poem1 copy · $30,000
Essays1 copy · $3,000
ESSAYS1 copy · $1,000
THE PROSE WORKS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON; In Two Volumes1 copy · $748
THE ESSAYS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON; Easton Press1 copy · $293
Orations, Lectures, and Essays1 copy · $250
LECTURERS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES1 copy · $206
MISCELLANIES1 copy · $206
NATURE ADDRESSES AND LECTURES1 copy · $206
PARNASSUS1 copy · $148
The Essays Of Ralph Waldo Emerson1 copy · $134

Market context

33 copies of Ralph Waldo Emerson's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $57 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).

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