Verkäufer ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, USA
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Beschreibung
The Last Leaf Poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Illustrated by George Wharton Edwards & F. Hopkinson Smith, Houghton Mifflin & Co. The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1886, 50 pp, decorative grey and cream cloth, 13 x 9.75 , folio. In good condition. Soiling to cloth and cream linen spine with darkened edges and fingersoiling. Slight split along front joint at bottom and top edges. Gilt remains bright and clean. Spine darkened from soiling and time. Corners rubbed with light fraying. Small abrasions to surface of cloth overall. End papers slightly toned and age stained, free of markings or ownership. Facsimile letter of Holmes and a portrait are placed inside. Instances of fingersoiling at the margins with light toning throughout. Free of known marginalia. Binding remains tight and intact. Please see photos. Beautifully illustrated Art Nouveau of The Last Leaf. Grouped among the fireside poets, American physician and poet Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858). He was also an important medical reformer. In addition to his work as an author and poet, Holmes also served as a physician, professor, lecturer, inventor, and, although he never practiced it, he received formal training in law. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers COLI1886BDFW
Bibliografische Details
Titel: The Last Leaf
Verlag: Houghton Mifflin & Co.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1886
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
Anbieterinformationen
Chosen as Publishers Weekly's 2023 Bookstore of the Year! Robin Rare Books is the RARE BOOKS DIVISION of the Midtown Scholar Bookstore. Established in 2001, we are the LARGEST ACADEMIC USED BOOKSTORE between New York and Chicago, with more than TWO MILLION second-hand and out-of-print SCHOLARLY BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS. Our Harrisburg shop has been named the region's Best Independent Bookstore. ... A buyer is eligible to receive a full refund if a book is not in the condition described.
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