The Book Shed

wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket with spine sunned, chipping, several short and one 4 cm closed tears, creasing to top front panel; some spotting to covers and top page edges of book. First printing, no others noted. Here from the jennings & Graham Hero series is Emerson's essay on the French Emperor from his book Representative Men. He wrote: "Bonaparte was the idol of common men because he had in transcendent degree the qualities and powers of common men. There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for we get rid of cant and hypocrisy. Bonaparte wrought, in common with that great class he represented, for power and wealth,- but Bonaparte, specially, without any scruple as to the means. All the sentiments which embarrass men's pursuit of these objects, he set aside." Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.