Search Results: the autocrat of the breakfast table two by holmes oliver wendell

Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1889. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 7 1/4" X 4 3/4". Light edgewear to dark green cloth cover, corners rubbed but not open. Gold lettering on spine. Gilt top, original green ribbon present, beveled edges. Previous owner name in ink neatly inside front cover, another owner name on second endpaper - dated 1889. 442 pages, including index, no writing in text, no stamps..

David Douglas, 1884. Hardcover. Good. 1884. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front. Volume 2. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as occasional foxing, mild crinkling and mild tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with light rubbing and crushing. Some light marking and tanning. Gilt lettering is darkened slightly. There is bumping to corners. Book has a slight forward lean.

New York: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO., 1894. Volumes 1 & 2. Orange-red cloth w/ gilt stamped titles & Decorative on front cover & spine. Tightly bound. Some exterior spotting & rubbing primarily on spines. 58 illustrations by Howard Pyle each in protective tissue-paper cover. Minor toning to pages otherwise especially clean & crisp especially considering age.. Early Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good+. Illus. by Howard Pyle (illustrator). 6 x 8".

.......: Houghton Mifflin Company. Good conditioncover rubbed, stained, pages yellowed/No Dustjacket. (1889)_. 8vo., 442 pp. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. vol. 2 only, octavo, red cloth boards, no DJ, book is in very good condition with moderate wear and soiling to the boards and staining to the text block, 474pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894. Illustrated by Howard Pyle (plates, photogravures, text illustrations). Trade edition. c.1858 Phillips, Sampson, c.1893 Houghton Mifflin with Pyle illustrations. Reddish cloth, gilt lettered top with gilt print spine and three gilt decorations, t.e.g. 8vo. pp. 473. Index. Very Good. One bumped corner, (ink inscription), light cover soil. BAL 9215..

hansebooks, 2018. Paperback. New. 260 pages. 8.50x5.99x0.59 inches.

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1891. Hardback. The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. Previous owners ex-libris name sticker to inside cover. Slight wear to top and bottom edge of spine and corners of cloth. Red leather and cloth with gilt lettering. Author's Edition With Latest Additions and Illustrative Notes. 256 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Author's Edition. Quarter Leather/Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Hardback.

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1894. Two octavo volumes bound in rust-colored, gilt-stamped cloth; top edgs gilt; xvi, 219, [1] pp.; vi, [221]-474 pp.; illustrations by Howard Pyle. A Near Fine set with only some age-soiling to cloth.

Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine. 1903. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Two-volume hardcover set. Brown cloth boards, gilt decoration and text, clean and sharp, mild shelf wear to edges and minimal age toning to spine. Books are in original brown boards with elegant gilt decoration to front and spine. Frontispiece portraits in each, each with intact tissue guards. Illustrations by Howard Pyle. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

gay and bird london 1893. first edition thus 2 vols.474pp ills.[b/w by Howard Pyle] VG (red cloth w.gilt dec.stamps,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spines,sl.wear to extrems.,2x owner's inscr.to ffep both vols.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed)

WALTER SCOTT, LONDON CIRCA 1880'S BOTH VOLUMES ARE HARDBACKS BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL GILT DECORATED CLOTH BINDINGS, DECORATED ENDPAPERS, PAGE EDGES GILT. BOOK EACH BOOK MEASURES APPROX 7 x 5 INCHES. SOME VERY LIGHT COVER WEAR WITH GILT TO SPINES VERY SLIGHTLY DULL, CORNERS BUMPED, VERY OCCASIONAL MINOR MARK TO PAGES BUT OVERALL BOTH BOOKS ARE IN GREAT CONDITION WITH BOARDS FIRM & MAJORITY OF PAGES CLEAN. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. VG. (1892). Reprint. Pretty little three volume set - half leather, marbled boards and fore-edges. .

Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. Good. Good condition. Page separation. Small inscription. Clean otherwise.

Edinburgh : David Douglas, 1886. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Scattered foxing on the edges. Remain particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vol 1 (212 pages). Vol 2 (256 pages). Subjects; American essays 19th century. Autocracy.

George Routledge and Sons 1903 2nd edition. Hardback, 6.75 x 4.25 inches. In red full calf leather fine binding, gilt paneled boards with “Haileybury College” crest to front, raised banding to spine, with full gilt decorations and green leather spine label. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. Some minor darkening and handling marks to boards. Some minor rubbing to ends of spine and corners. Bookplate to front “E. Lyttelton 1904.” Some minor light foxing to pages. Else a very good clean and tight copy. Engr. frontis. portrait of Mr. Holmes. 223 pp.

Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company. The Riverside Press. Brown leather with gilt spine titles and marbled boards and page edges. Some board edge rubbing, leather chipping to the board fore-corners. Previous owner's name on the front endpapers. . Very Good. Three-Quarter Leather. 1893.

Boston / New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1895. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine Book/No Jacket. Two Volumes, Full Maroon Morocco, Five Bands, Gilt Lettering, Gilt Rules On Cover, Gilt Design On Edges, Elaborate Gilt Turns, Marbled Endpapers, All Edges Gilt.. Gilt Bright, A Few Tiny Rubs At Edges, Hairline Crack To Front External Spine Edge Of Volume I, No Names Or Marks. Finely Made And Finely Bound, Very Well Preserved, Gift Quality. (From The Library Of Actress Marjorie Lord, But Not Marked As Such.)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1890. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) began his series of light essays with the "Autocrat" in 1858. Here is a small set of two volumes, presented in a fine binding. Marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine and tips. Seven bands on the spine; ruled in black and gilt, dark red labels with gilt lettering. Clean texts; 203 pages, continuous to 442 pages, with index. Marbled endpapers and page-ends. Copyright date is 1889 but the Title Page says 1890 in Roman numerals. The margins are rubbed but these remain extremely attractive small books. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First Thus.. Half-Leather. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.

Gay & Bird, London. HB NO DJ issued ,1893, 1st illustrated edition,Maroon red Cloth with Gold gilt decorations, minor rub & wear primarily edge bk, spine darkened, minor fox , index,light stain on spine of 1 bk, VG+/VG, AS-IS, NODJ. First Thus. Hard Cover.