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Emerson - Society and Solitude

Sold for €320 at Auktionshaus Schramm on May 30, 2026.

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Emerson, RW Society and Solitude. Twelve chapters. London, Sampson Low, Son & Marston, 1870. 2 leaves, 284 pp. Small octavo. Contemporary blue cloth with gilt title on spine and cover. With a handwritten dedication and signature by George Eliot (di Mary Ann Evans, 1819-1880; novelist) 'To Mrs. Henriette Peters With the kind regards of her obliged George Eliot' on the flyleaf. - First edition. - A few underlinings in pencil.- Original German description: Emerson, R.W. Society and Solitude. Twelve chapters. London, Sampson Low, Son & Marston, 1870. 2 Bll., 284 S. Kl.-8°. Blauer Lwd. d. Zt. mit goldgeprägtem Rücken- u. Deckeltitel. Mit eigenhändiger Widmung mit Unterschrift von George Eliot (d.i. Mary Ann Evans, 1819-1880; Schriftstellerin) 'To Frau Henriette Peters With the kind regards of her obliged George Eliot' auf Vorsatz.- Erste Ausgabe.- Vereinzelte Anstreichungen in Bleistift.

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