The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. Every Man His Own Boswell

by Oliver Wendell Sr Holmes

$48 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

Boston, MA: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858. Essays FIRST EDITION, Second Issue. Octavo 19 x 13cm , pp. 4 viii; 373 5 . With occasional illustrations. Publisher's blind-decorated brown cloth, with gilt titles to spine and yellow-coated endpapers. Printed ownership label and a separate black ink ownership to flyleaf. A loose gathering at the centre of the textblock. Heavy wear to spine, with losses to head and tail; gilt almost completely lost. Good.

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