AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE.|THE

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Published by Phillips, Sampson and Company, Boston, MA, 1858

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12mo, original cloth, chemise, half-morocco slipcase. viii, 373, (3) pages. First edition, first state (BAL 8781). An autographed letter, signed, by Holmes has been loosely inserted. With engraved decorative title page and the correct printed end-papers. Spine of slipcase lightly faded. Only a hint of rubbing to the original cloth binding, else in fine condition. Autobiographical preface by the author. index. Advertisements of other works by the publisher precede and follow the text. Engraved black and white illustrations. Listed on both the "High Spots" and the "You Know These Lines!" lists. The volume is indubitably one of the greatest collections of essays issued since Lamb. Contains such noted poems as "The Chambered Nautilus" and "The One-Hoss-Shay." original cloth, chemise, half-morocco slipcase.

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Title: AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE.|THE
Publisher: Phillips, Sampson and Company, Boston, MA
Publication Date: 1858
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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