Ralph Waldo Emerson
64 copies for sale · $20–$30,000 · 10 first editions · 3 signed
Notable copies for sale
Essays (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$3,000
Give All to Love Manuscript poem (signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$30,000
Letters and social aims (first edition) — Rulon-Miller Books$250
The Essays Of Ralph Waldo Emerson (signed) — Between the Covers$134
The Recognition of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selected Criticism Since 1837 (first edition) — Between the Covers$30
Nature — Ursus Books$750
THE PROSE WORKS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON; In Two Volumes — Rare Book Cellar$748
Letters and social aims (first edition) — Rulon-Miller Books$125
Character — Ursus Books$375
THE ESSAYS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON; Easton Press — Rare Book Cellar$293
Orations, Lectures, and Essays — Bartleby's Books$250
LECTURERS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES — Rare Book Cellar$206
What these are worth
ENGLISH TRAITS3 copies from 3 sellers
Letters and social aims4 copies from 3 sellers
Representative Men Seven Lectures4 copies from 3 sellers
The Conduct of Life3 copies from 3 sellers
Each page gathers every copy on the market, what similar copies have fetched, and the spread between them.
Works on the market
LETTERS AND SOCIAL AIMS3 copies · $125–$946
NATURE ADDRESSES AND LECTURES2 copies · $206–$750
REPRESENTATIVE MEN2 copies · $206–$473
ESSAYS FIRST AND SECOND SERIES; Franklin Library2 copies · $330
CONDUCT OF LIFE2 copies · $206–$300
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS2 copies · $293–$298
REPRESENTATIVE MEN; Seven Lectures2 copies · $32–$273
Letters And Social Aims2 copies · $100–$250
ENGLISH TRAITS2 copies · $35–$206
ESSAYS SECOND SERIES2 copies · $46–$206
Give All to Love Manuscript poem1 copy · $30,000
Essays1 copy · $3,000
Nature1 copy · $750
Character1 copy · $375
The Conduct Of Life1 copy · $350
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
Market context
59 copies of Ralph Waldo Emerson's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $59 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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