19th Century Classics Set: Melville Twain Emerson Thoreau Whitman Set Of 14

Melville, Twain, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman

Edité par The Library of America, New York, 1982

Fourteen-volume Library of America "19th Century Classics" set presenting the foundational works of American literature. Includes:
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays and Lectures
James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Tales and Sketches and Novels (The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, The Marble Faun)
Mark Twain, four volumes (Historical Romances, The Gilded Age and Later Novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, The Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee, Joan of Arc)
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin and Other Writings
Walt Whitman, Poetry and Prose
Herman Melville, three volumes (Typee, Omoo, Mardi, Redburn, White-Jacket, Moby-Dick, Pierre, Israel Potter, Billy Budd and Other Prose)
Henry David Thoreau, two volumes (Collected Essays and Poems, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, Walden, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod)

From the private library of poet and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), each volume bears his personal ex-libris plate. These copies remain tight, clean, and likely unread, with only faint dust traces from Tarn's bunker library shelves.

A monumental collection of American transcendentalism, realism, and romanticism-representing the complete flowering of 19th-century thought and art in one visually unified series. A centerpiece set for any collector, scholar, or admirer of American letters.

Author: Emerson, Cooper, Hawthorne, Twain, Stowe, Whitman, Melville, Thoreau
Publisher: The Library of America
Year: 1980s-1990s printings
Special attributes: Hardcover with dust jackets and ribbon markers, Tarn ex-libris
Topic: American literature, transcendentalism, realism, romanticism
Subject: Fiction, essays, poetry, collected works
Keywords: Library of America, Nathaniel Tarn, 19th century classics, Emerson, Whitman, Twain, Melville, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Stowe, American literature
Condition: Near fine overall. Clean, square, bright copies with Tarn bookplates. Minimal dust traces from storage.

Additional Library of America sets from the Nathaniel Tarn collection are available-see other listings for companion volumes.

Location: Nt1025n49. N° de réf. du vendeur 197813502178

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : 19th Century Classics Set: Melville Twain ...
Éditeur : The Library of America, New York
Date d'édition : 1982
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Bon
Etat de la jaquette : Bon