THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE by Holmes, Oliver WendellPhillips, Sampson and Company 1st edit/1st print 1858 [Hardcover] Holmes, Oliver Wendell [Hardcover] Holmes, Oliver Wendell
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sacramento, California, United States
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About This Item
Generic, January 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Good/No Jacket. Book shows moderate shelf wear and rubbing to covers. Small losses to cover corners, top and bottom spine, binding has a bit of a lean but is very much sound. Includes historic letters from 1907 detailing the provenance of this particular edition. First issue, first state.
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- Bookseller
- Beers Book Store
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 490793
- Title
- THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE by Holmes, Oliver WendellPhillips, Sampson and Company 1st edit/1st print 1858 [Hardcover] Holmes, Oliver Wendell [Hardcover] Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Author
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Generic
- Date Published
- January 1858
- Pages
- 233
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
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