The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table Volume 1 & 2
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
Kettering, Ohio, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO., 1894. Volumes 1 & 2. Orange-red cloth w/ gilt stamped titles & Decorative on front cover & spine. Tightly bound. Some exterior spotting & rubbing primarily on spines. 58 illustrations by Howard Pyle each in protective tissue-paper cover. Minor toning to pages otherwise especially clean & crisp especially considering age.. Early Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good+. Illus. by Howard Pyle (illustrator). 6 x 8".
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Details
- Bookseller
- P. C. Schmidt, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91387
- Title
- The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table Volume 1 & 2
- Author
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Illustrator
- Howard Pyle (illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Publisher
- HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- 6 x 8"
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare;
Terms of Sale
P. C. Schmidt, Bookseller
All Major Credit Cards accepted, check, money order and Paypal; will bill libraries; All books guaranteed with 30 day return; All book dust jackets covered with Brodard protectors. Shipping: $3 postage for first book for book rate shipping, $1 each for all subsequent books: $4 priority mail for most books. Orders outside U.S. billed at cost. All Orders Shipped promptly.
About the Seller
P. C. Schmidt, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2003
Kettering, Ohio
About P. C. Schmidt, Bookseller
We are an Internet Bookseller and have been in business since 1996.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.