EMERSON, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882). Poems. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1847.

8vo. 4pp. publisher's advertisements at front dated 1 January 1847. (Light offsetting from ads to title-page.) Original paper over boards, newly rebacked preserving original yellow endpapers (spotting to covers, fore-corners rubbed). Provenance: Cotemporary gift inscriptions dated 1847 and 1878 on front free endpaper; ownership signature penciled on title-page dated 1847.

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION and Emerson's first collection of poetry. BAL 5211.