THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE - EVERY MAN HIS OWN BOSWELL
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G/NONE
- Seller
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Watkins Glen, New York, United States
Item Price
NZ$68.09NZ$54.47
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About This Item
Henry Altemus. G/NONE. circa 1899. edition info missing. Hardcover; Printing info missing. Rated in only good condition due to the title page and free rear endpaper being removed. Also due to the title/copyright page being removed, the frontispiece which shows an oval engraving of Holmes became completely separated. It has recently been attached back in by what looks like magic tape. Both front and rear covers have gold and white flower designs on two-thirds each with the other quarter part having embossed flower medallions also glued on the covers. The glued medallion paper is missing from the rear cover. All corners and spine edges have a bit of bumping and open wear from handling and usage all these years. Endpapers are white with green illustrations and the Henry Altemus insignia. Also, the front side of the frontispiece has a previous owner's name neatly written in pencil and dated Sept 15, 1908, last name could be Flute or Plute or Hute, etc. Text is clean and tight. If a photo is showing with this description it is not from us. If you would like a photo, please request one. Need to send a gift? We offer free domestic drop delivery, free gift wrapping and card for almost any occasion. Just let us know the occasion and your message. JG; 4 1/4 x 6 1/2; 322 pages .
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
- Seneca Valley Used Books & Paper Collectibles
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26310
- Title
- THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE - EVERY MAN HIS OWN BOSWELL
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; Printing info missing
- Book Condition
- Used - G/NONE
- Edition
- edition info missing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Altemus
- Date Published
- circa 1899
- Keywords
- Pre-1900 American Literature Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pre-1900 Literature; Pre-1900 Poetry;
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Seneca Valley Used Books & Paper Collectibles
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Watkins Glen, New York
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