The Autocrat at the Breakfast-Table [with] The Professor at the Breakfast-Table [with] The Poet at the Breakfast-Table. THE BREAKFAST-TABLE TRILOGY IN HALF MOROCCO
by HOLMES Oliver Wendell
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Walter Scott,, n.d. [c.1910]. 3 vols., 8vo., handsomely bound in green half morocco, marbled sides heightened in gilt, backs with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, gilt tops, marbled endpapers heightened with gilt, backstrips mildly sunned to brown, fore-edges lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean set.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26169
- Title
- The Autocrat at the Breakfast-Table [with] The Professor at the Breakfast-Table [with] The Poet at the Breakfast-Table. THE BREAKFAST-TABLE TRILOGY IN HALF MOROCCO
- Author
- HOLMES Oliver Wendell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Walter Scott,
- Date Published
- n.d. [c.1910]
- Keywords
- literature, oliver wendell holmes, breakfast-table, oliver wendell holmes, literature, the, autocrat, the, breakfast-table, the, professor, the, breakfast-table, the, poet, the, breakfast-table
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...