The Professor at the Breakfast-Table; with the Story of Iris
by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (20cm). In original brown publisher's cloth, titled in gold on spine, with blindstamped boards; brown coated endpapers; [4], 410pp. A solid copy, gently rubbed, with one gathering slightly loose and perforation to front hinge over sewing, but overall Very Good. With the preferred single imprint. CURRIER & TILTON pp. 88-90; BAL 8791.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54253
- Title
- The Professor at the Breakfast-Table; with the Story of Iris
- Author
- HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1860
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature Before 1900;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...