The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Madison, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1906. 320pgs frontispiece w/tissue guard. decorative endpapers. . Red cloth, gilt embossed iniitals on front panel. rough cut pages, top edge gilt with illustrations by H.M. Brock throughout. An attractive copy. Size: Octavo. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by H.M. Brock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024295
- Title
- The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Illustrator
- H.M. Brock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS
Terms of Sale
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...