The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, 2 Volume Set
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued
- Seller
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DeLand, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1893. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Illustrated by Howard Pyle,.
Decorated cloth hardcover; 8 inches tall; 219 pages, 474 pages with an index; illustrated with tissue guarded plates and in-text drawings; top edge gilt. Illustrations by Howard Pyle.
The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with minor cloth spotting, the front free endpages with rubs.. A collection of essays written by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. The essays were originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1857 and 1858 before being collected in book form.
Decorated cloth hardcover; 8 inches tall; 219 pages, 474 pages with an index; illustrated with tissue guarded plates and in-text drawings; top edge gilt. Illustrations by Howard Pyle.
The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with minor cloth spotting, the front free endpages with rubs.. A collection of essays written by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. The essays were originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1857 and 1858 before being collected in book form.
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- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16797
- Title
- The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, 2 Volume Set
- Author
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Howard Pyle,
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket As Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1893
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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