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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table: Every Man his Own Boswell
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1891. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover, medallion blind-stamped on rear cover, black endpapers, teg. Illustrated with tissue-protected B&W portrait frontispiece. Includes Index. . Spine slightly sunned, edges of boards slightly worn and browned, old price in black crayon and former owner's signature on preliminary page, two small closed tears on title page, spine starting, rep slightly torn, else fine. VERY GOOD. . B&W Portrait Frontispiece. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. ix, 321 pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10633
- Title
- The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table: Every Man his Own Boswell
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus. 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton and Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- Essays, Literature;, Philosophy
Terms of Sale
Round Table Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
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- Sunned
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- Title Page
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- Spine
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- 12mo
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
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- First Edition
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