Search Results: the poet at the breakfast table by holmes oliver wendell

Houghton Mifflin, January 1893. Hardcover. Good.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1891-01-01. Hardcover. Good.

James R. osgood and Company. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Early printing. Reading copy. Crown chipped. Front and back joints torn, spine cover torn crossways. Hinges cracked. (humor, literature, essays)

Oxford University Press - Henry Frowde, 1906. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1906. First Edition Thus. 307 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with white spine. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed throughout. Binding is weak. Water marking to top edge of pages and text block. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Spine is heavily tanned. Book has forward lean. Water marking present.

Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1891. Hardcover. good. Good book, missing dust jacket. Green cloth covered boaards with gold printing on the spine. Boards are worn and spotted, with bumped corners and spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Houghton Mifflin hard cover, 1891 printing, 246 pages. 12mo (4.75"" x 7.25"") This is Volume 1 of 2. It has sections 1 - 6 of the book. Oliver Wendell Holmes (August 29, 1809 - October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. A member of the Fireside Poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works are the ""Breakfast-Table"" series.

London: Walter Scott Limited, 0000. a solid copy in red cloth with gilt lettering on spine; book is not dated but probably published early 1900s;; ---------- SATISFACTION GUARANTEED --------- FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE ------ ALL DUSTJACKETS ARE COVERED WITH NEW CLEAR MYLAR PROTECTOR -----. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Author Photo in Front. 5 x 7".

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1881. 1881, 418pp, teg, slight rubbing & shelfwear to cover, no dj, contents clean.. Cloth. Very Good -/No Jacket.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894. Revised Ed. . Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Revised Ed. The Riverside Press, Cambridge. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall in red cloth w/paste-on spine label. Near Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Label heavily rubbed, small dent bottom front board, short notation front pastedown; boards clean and bright, book square w/firm binding, interior clean and unmarked. viii, 369pp inc. Index; illustrated in drawing. Volume III in the thirteen volume set of "The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes", this is the most famous and collectible of the set.

Walter Scott, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Gilt decorated green cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper with rough cut edges to text block. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting and front hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and notable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and binding is loose.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1893. Edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, some light shelf wear, front hinge is cracked, overall a clean used copy! Red cloth with gilt on black lettering on the spine.Gilt upper outer page edges. 359 unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "In this, the third series of Breakfast-Table conversations, a slight dramatic background shows off a few talkers and writers, aided by certain silent supernumeraries. The machinery is much like that of the two preceding series. Some of the characters must seem like old acquaintances to those who have read the former papers. As I read these over for the first time for a number of years, I notice one character representing a class of beings who have greatly multiplied during the interval which separates the earlier and later Breakfast-Table papers, ---- I mean the scientific specialists." ---- from the Preface.. Reprint (1872). Red Cloth. Good/No Jacket.… Read More

London & Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press. Leather Bound. A. Pearse. pp. 380. 12mo. Bound in red leather with top edge gilt and gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white illustrations. Edgewear, ink name to first blank page; good+.

Clean, no dust jacket, red hardcover, 1892.Spots on cover. Each of our books are inspected for condition. Your best choice!Good

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1891. Red cover & spine: gold gilt lettering, edges lightly rubbed, spinecover sunned. 360 uncut pgs. clean with no markings, tight with gold gilt top sheet edges. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1895-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on brown label along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square. Contents clean and unmarked. Gilt top edge. No dust jacket. 360pp. Index. Early reprint edition. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.

Collins, Clear-Type Press, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Good. No Edition Remarks. 380 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Noticeable but light cracking to gutters; some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor staining and tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

London: J. M. Dent & Co., [189-?]. Hardcover. Good condition, in 3/4 leather, lacking one skiver, edges worn. 320p.

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James R. Osgood and Company, 1873. Hardcover. Good. .

Houghton Mifflin & Co Riverside Press, 1892. HB. VG / NONE. VERY-GOOD HARDBACK. IN VERY DARK BLUE CLOTH WITH LEATHER VENEER PASTDOWN LABEL AND STRIKING MATTE-BLACK ENDPAPERS/FLYLEAFS; GILT TOP PAGE TIPS ALSO IN NICE CONDITION.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1882. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Cover. Bound in green cloth with bevelled boards and gilt lettering to the spine...top of the spine pages are gilt....binding is tight and square and the text is clean of marks...some edgewear to the cover edges and lightly yellowed pages.......