DR. HOLMES'S BOSTON

Holmes, [Oliver Wendell]; Caroline Ticknor, ed.

Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston and New York, 1915

Beschreibung

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1915. xiv, [2], 213, [1] pages. Original embossed green cloth stamped in gold. [25.3 cm]. Very nearly fine with bookplate of American industrialist, Franklin S. Terry, on the front pastedown. [Terry (1862-1926) was the founder of the Sunbeam Incandescent Light Company and co-founder of the National Electric Lamp Company (N.E.L.A.), which became a subsidiary of General Electric. He was instrumental in the creation of Cleveland's Nela Park.] Spine ends very slightly bumped and rubbed, slight offsetting from Terry's bookplate, still an excellent copy. FIRST EDITION. One of 750 copies, this copy not numbered. Illustrated with numerous photographic plates, including frontispiece. "The following compilation aims to present the `Boston of Holmes,' as set forth by himself. The many passages dealing with his favorite topic have been gleaned from his entire works and have been fitted together in chronological order." --preface, p. vii. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000078

Bibliografische Details

Titel: DR. HOLMES'S BOSTON

Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston and New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1915

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: First edition.