THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE. Every man his own Boswell. Forty-Second Edition.
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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About This Item
Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston: 1885., 1885 pp. ix, 321 + Portrait Frontis. Early inked ownership of James W. Latimer (York, PA), April 7, 1886 on title page. Top edge gold. 195mm. Original full green cloth binding. Beveled edges. Front board decorated in gold with an urn and wings. Binding rubbed and worn. Hardbound. Good. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) was an American physician, professor, lecturer, and author. Regarded by his peers as one of the best writers and outstanding characters of the 19th century. One of the Fireside Poets, his most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series. He is also recognized as an important medical reformer. .**PRICE JUST REDUCED! PHILO BX 4 x2 0.0. Hardcover. Good.
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- THE FAMILY ALBUM (US)
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- Title
- THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE. Every man his own Boswell. Forty-Second Edition.
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston: 1885.
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- PHILOSOPHY; LITERATURE; OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES; LATIMER; YORK; AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE
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Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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