The Poet At The Breakfast Table (1st Edition-2nd State)
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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LA QUINTA, California, United States
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About This Item
BOSTON: James R. Osgood & Co., 1872. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. First Edition/2nd State 1872. A handsome copy in green cloth with gilt decorations to the front board and spine. This copy is in fine condition--only a couple of light flecks to the front board. Magnificent gold gilt decoration to the front board of a "Winged Urn" which would become Holmes decoration of choice for his future publications. This copy has a perfectly intact tissue guard over the title page and frontispiece. No spine give or interior markings--in magnificent shape for a book of 150 years. Two copies available--from a recent auction with the auction tag tipped in.
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- Bookseller
- Classic First Editions
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- cfe12343
- Title
- The Poet At The Breakfast Table (1st Edition-2nd State)
- Author
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood & Co.
- Place of Publication
- BOSTON
- Date Published
- 1872
- Size
- 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall
- Keywords
- FICTION
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Classic First Editions
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LA QUINTA, California
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