The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (Two Volume Set)
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company. The Riverside Press. Brown leather with gilt spine titles and marbled boards and page edges. Some board edge rubbing, leather chipping to the board fore-corners. Previous owner's name on the front endpapers. . Very Good. Three-Quarter Leather. 1893.
Synopsis
I was just going to say, when I was interrupted, that one of the many ways of classifying minds is under the heads of arithmetical and algebraical intellects. All economical and practical wisdom is an extension or variation of the following arithmetical formula: 2+2=4. Every philosophical proposition has the more general character of the expression A+B=C. We are mere operatives, empirics, and egotists, until we learn to think in letters instead of figures.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Voyageur Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015155
- Title
- The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (Two Volume Set)
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Three-Quarter Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Voyageur Book Shop
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Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....