The works of Oliver Wendell Holmes. [complete in 15 volumes]
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)
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Boston : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892-1896, 1892. Standard Library Edition. Hardback. Very good copies in the original navy cloth. Gilt-blocked leather spine labels, slightly edge-worn. Spine bands worn with some fraying evident. Panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Minor library marks, and previous owner's bookplate. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; Description: 15 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm. Conents: vol. I. The autocrat of the breakfast-table --vol. II. The professor at the breakfast-table --vol. III. The poet at the breakfast-table --vol. IV. Over the teacups --vol. V. Elsie Venner --vol. VI. The guardian angel --vol. VII. A moral antipathy --vol. VIII. Pages from an old volume of life --vol. IX. Medical essays --vol. X. Our hundred days in Europe --vol. XI. Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Lothrop Motley --vol. XII. The poetical works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, volume I --vol. XIII. The poetical works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, volume II --vols. XIV-XV. Life and letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes / J.T. Morse. Notes: Volumes 1-13 indicate that the set will be published in 13 volumes. Genre: American literature -- Fiction -- Poetry. Subjects: Oliver Wendell Holmes -- Collected works -- American literature.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 218404
- Title
- The works of Oliver Wendell Holmes. [complete in 15 volumes]
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Standard Library Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892-1896
- Date Published
- 1892
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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