Astraea: the balance of illusions. A poem delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa society of Yale College, August 14, 1850

by Oliver Wendell Holmes

$300 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850. 12mo. 39 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original yellow printed boards, cover soiled; a few occasional spots to interior, otherwise a clean uncut copy housed in a cloth folding case. Inscription to verso of title. Item #12249 First edition, first printing, state A, without the advertisement between front endpapers; binding A. Until the Cambridge edition of

  • Printing: first
  • Binding: Hardcover

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