NMLP P-035740 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-09

The Conduct of Life

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Ticknor and Fields (Boston) · 1860

BAL records three variant states (A-C) among first-printing copies, distinguished by binding and advertisement-leaf details rather than by a separate typesetting, and treats all three as the same first edition; demand was strong enough that Ticknor and Fields announced a third edition within a week of publication

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-035740 for "The Conduct of Life" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-035740, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).