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The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
by (Pyle, Howard) Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- Condition
- Full vellum, spines and boards ornamented and titled in gilt, t.e.g. Usual slight spotting to spines, upper portion of half-titl
- Seller
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About This Item
Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1894. Large Paper Edition, no. 63 of 250 copies. Illustrations by Howard Pyle. 2 vols. 8vo. Full vellum, spines and boards ornamented and titled in gilt, t.e.g. Usual slight spotting to spines, upper portion of half-title of first volume cut away, another signature partialy effaced, else Very Good. Rare thus. Pyle, Howard. Large Paper Edition, no. 63 of 250 copies. Illustrations by Howard Pyle. 2 vols. 8vo. BAL 8215
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41750
- Title
- The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
- Author
- (Pyle, Howard) Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Illustrations by Howard Pyle. 2 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Full vellum, spines and boards ornamented and titled in gilt, t.e.g. Usual slight spotting to spines, upper portion of half-titl
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Large Paper Edition, no. 63 of 250 copies
- Publisher
- Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books | American | Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Literature;
Terms of Sale
James Cummins Bookseller
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
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