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The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table (signed by Oliver W. Holmes)
by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- First Edition. BAL State B, lacking illustrations. Inscribed by Holmes on the front free endpaper . Very rare thus. Very good in/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 2811000208
- ISBN 13
- 9782811000202
- Seller
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Potomac, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
First Edition. BAL State B, lacking illustrations. Inscribed by Holmes on the front free endpaper. Very rare thus. Overall very good in publishers beveled terra-cotta, pebble, embossed cloth. All edges gilt. Tear and chipping to head and tail of spine; front and rear cover hinges starting. Some bumping to corners. Internally, text is clean, bright and unmarred. First published in 1858, this is one of Holmes' more popular literary works. The novel is a series of essays, featuring a collection of boarders who gather around a table, providing an audience for the wit and philosophy of the Autocrat. The essays take the form of conversations that generally develop into monologues. Cleverly and epigrammatically, the seemingly disconnected, is unified by the recurring themes and personalities. 8vo (8-5/16 x 5-1/2 inches. [ii], viii, 373 pp. Overall, a very good and scarce signed copy of this famous work.
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- Bookseller
- Grinning Cat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31624
- Title
- The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table (signed by Oliver W. Holmes)
- Author
- OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - First Edition. BAL State B, lacking illustrations. Inscribed by Holmes on the front free endpaper . Very rare thus. Very good in
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 2811000208
- ISBN 13
- 9782811000202
- Publisher
- Phillips, Sampson and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
- AMERICAN LITERATURE, LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- AMERICANA;
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- Edges
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- Beveled
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- Cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- BAL
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- 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...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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