Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table 1st Printing
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Author: Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Title: The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
Place Published: Boston
Publisher:Phillips, Sampson and Company
Date Published: 1858
Description:
Author: Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Title: The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
Place Published: Boston
Publisher:Phillips, Sampson and Company
Date Published: 1858
Description:
viii, 373, [4] ad pp. With engraved title and eight plates, ads on endpapers. (8vo) 18x11 cm (7x4½"), original blind-stamped brown cloth, spine with gilt lettering; housed in a chemise and handsome quarter morocco slipcase with gilt lettering on spine. First Edition, First Printing.
With the period after "Company" on the title page. One of the most often reprinted works of 19th century American literature, and the book which made Holmes famous. Currier & Tilton, Bibliography of Holmes, pages 69-72; BAL 8781
Condition
Slight wear and soiling to cloth, a bit of fraying at extremities; age-toning to pages, front hinge cracked, binding otherwise solid, occasional foxing and touches of soiling; very good.
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Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table 1st Printing
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