The Autocrat Of the Breakfast-Table
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
I was just going to say, when I was interrupted, that one of the many ways of classifying minds is under the heads of arithmetical and algebraical intellects. All economical and practical wisdom is an extension or variation of the following arithmetical formula: 2+2=4. Every philosophical proposition has the more general character of the expression A+B=C. We are mere operatives, empirics, and egotists, until we learn to think in letters instead of figures.
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"The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table" by Oliver Wendell Holmes. 1858 1st Edition, 1st Printing; Phillips, Sampson and Company. Full-page illustrated plates. There are pages of advertisements at both the front and back of the book. The essays are set in the dining room of a boarding house and feature one-sided humorous perorations by the otherwise unnamed "Autocrat" on a number… Read more about this item Item Price
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HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE. Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1859. 8vo., embossed terra-cotta cloth, all edges gilt. First Edition, first issue, large paper issue. [BAL State A, with the illustrations present]. Signed presentation from Holmes on the front endpaper, to his close friend and Harvard classmate Benjamin Robbins Curtis: "B.R. Curtis/… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1860. PRESENTATION COPY - ARTHUR SWANN'S COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE. 1 volume, illustrated, inscribed on the half-title by Holmes which reads "Ms David,/ old friend "Lucy Stimson"/ from Oliver Wendell Holmes/ Sept. 15th 1860." Bound in the publishers pebble grained brown cloth, covers stamped in blind, mild overall handling, housed in a 1/2… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1859. First edition, First State (Issue A with the illustrations) on large paper. With eight engravings as called for. 8vo, publisher's full terra-cotta cloth, the covers richly decorated and blocked in blind, the spine panel lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. viii, 373 pp. A very handsome and fine… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Autocrat of the Break-Fast Table; The Poet at the Break-Fast Table; & The Professor at the Break-Fast Table : 3 Vol Set
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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London, United Kingdom: Walter Scott, 1885. Not Dated (c1885) Complete 3 Volume Set in Scott's Brocade binding. Blue Floral binding with Brown spine and cnrs, gilt decoration all over, Bright Gilt to all edges, floral eps, interiors tight and clean, not inscribed (very light shelf wear, and mild expected foxing to end pages) An exceptionally good set. Overweight. Reprint.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Rahway, New Jersey: The Mershon Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. N.D.. Flexible leather. 332 pp. Full leather binding, looks to have been rebound. Binding has edgewear, spine ends and corners rubbed and bumped. Top edge gilt. Undated, prize note on front endpaper dated 1912. Dampstaint to the bottom edge of some pages. A collection of essays… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 373p octavo half-title. First state with period present after the word "Company" on the title page and with no multiple publisher imprint, and with the engraved vignette. Though priority among the various binding states is less certain, this copy has what is regarded as… Read more about this item Item Price
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AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE.
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Chicago: W. B. Conkey, (1900). First thus edition. c.1858. Art Deco blue decorated cloth. 16mo. pp. 341, [2] ads. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Charming reading copy.. Item Price
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (First Edition) 1858
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Phillips, Sampson and Company. 1858. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1858. Phillips, Sampson & Company. 373 pages. Small stains to a few pages. Light shelfwear and fade to spine, else Very Good condition. First Printing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 373 pages . Item Price
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table; The Professor at the Breakfast-Table; and The Poet at the Breakfast-Table.
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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Boston: Philips Sampson; Ticknor; Osgood, 1858, 1860, 1872. First editions of the work that gained Oliver Wendell Holmes international fame. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. With full page illustrations and vignettes by H.M. Brock throughout including tissue-guarded frontispieces. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom case. A beautiful set. A member of the Fireside poets, American physician, poet,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
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Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858. 8vo. Half-title. Engraved title and eight plates. Original brown pebbled cloth stamped in blind, spine gilt-lettered. Repairs to joints, some wear at edges. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the engraved title and third and fourth endpapers headed "Poetry and the Drama" and "School Books". BAL 8781. A good copy of Holmes's famous compendium… Read more about this item Item Price
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This is an antique, illustrated edition of "The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table" by Oliver Wendell Holmes, complete in two nicely bound volumes. Both volumes features illustrations (some are full-page plates) by Howard Pyle. Each volume has a frontispiece portrait of Holmes. Both the front and back covers have gilt decorations. Gilt top edges.
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London: Phillips, Sampson and Co, 1858-01-01. First English Edition. Hardcover. Good. 7x5x1. Bound in contemporary 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Gilt stamped spine. Minor scuffing, shelf wear. All edges marbled. viii, 373 pages. Half-title, title printed in red and black, 8 illustrations [BAL 8781A]. Item Price
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table.
by Holmes. Oliver Wendell
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London: Walter Scott, 1910. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. circa 1910, original cloth hardcover, 271 pages, very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf 168.
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Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858. First Edition. First edition. (First printing with black and red title page and period after the word "Company"; slightly larger variant not listed in BAL, with no fleur-de-lis on spine and a larger text block with an extra centimeter on margins. Currier & Tilton, Bibliography of Holmes, pages 69-72; BAL 8781). viii, 373,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1894. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. #13 of 250cc of the large paper edition. Two volumes in three quarter leather over marbled boards; extremities lightly worn, else a nice set.
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AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE
by Holmes Oliver Wendell
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Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858. First edition, early issue with the general title-page printed in red, “Valuable Books” ads at rear binding state with monograms and flowers in the corners of the covers. Illustrated with the eight original engravings protected by tissue guards. These illustrations were removed in later issues at the request of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table.; With an Introduction by Van Wyck Brooks and Illustrations by R.J. Holden
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1955. Holden, R.J.. Fine, boxed. One of 1500 numbered copies, signed by the artist.
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THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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New York: Books, Inc. Art-Type Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 246p. A hardcover book bound in 1/4 navy blue cloth, simulating the appearance of leather. Very good condition. Spine text has become slightly dull with age. Rough-textured stripe across the middle of the spine (a manufacturing defect). Foredges mildly foxed and endpapers lightly tanned; otherwise clean and tight. Undated… Read more about this item Item Price
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