The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
Verkäufer Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 11. März 1998
Verkäufer Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 11. März 1998
Beschreibung
Introduction by Van Wyck Brooks. Illustrations by R.J. Holden. Small 4to. Cream cloth over bevel-edged boards with gilt-lettered calf spine label and pictorial plate to front and rear boards, slipcase. xvi, 281pp. Numerous brown-tone line drawings. Near fine/very good. Spine (only) lightly age toned; mild slipcase wear. Tight and handsome LEC edition of the second title in their 24th series. Interestingly subtitled "Every Man his own Boswell" on half-title page (only!), this fiction-like essay collection by the New England poet and physician (1809-94) has rear colophon noting limitation of 1500 numbered copies (this #269) signed boldly by illustrator Holden. First published in book form in 1858, the LEC edition includes not only the original preface but also those from the 1882 and 1891 editions. Laid in are the relevant "Monthly Letter" and the small printed announcement for this title. NEWMAN 257. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 49907
Bibliografische Details
Titel: The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
Verlag: The Limited Editions Club, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 1955
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag
Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers
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