The Poetical Works Of Oliver Wendell Holmes

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Co, 1879. Hardcover. Good. "Household Edition." Printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge. x, [2], 324 p.; 20 cm. Dark brown cloth with embossed spine and cover titles "Holmes's Poems" with ornate gilt-stamped decoration. Blind-stamped decoration on back cover. Boards have bevelled edges. Dark brown endpapers. Publisher's catalog… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton, Osgood, & Co.. 1880. vg-. Hardcover. Household Edition. xiii 324pp; clean text in 2-column format, pp toned; previous owner book plate inside front cover; 7.5" tall; light shelf wear to rust colored cover with bevelled edges; blind stamp on back, gilt decor on front & spine; spine darkened .

1886 hardcover as pictured. A nicely bound volume. Binding is firm. Brown buckram boards with black and gold stamping are lightly soiled and show a little edge wear at top and bottom of spine and corners. Owner's name on front endpaper. Tissue guarded portrait frontispiece. Text is age tanned but clean and unmarked aside form one page with pencil marking.… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [3], vi-x, [3], 2-324, [4] pp. Early 20th century tree calf with the spine in six compartments, second compartment has a red morocco label lettered in gilt, edges of the boards are tooled in gilt; all edges gilt. Rich purple-marbled endpapers and pastedowns. The household edition.… Read more about this item

Houghton, Mifflin and company,, 1/1/1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine binding. Handsome 3/4 leather binding over marbled boards. Gilt ruled and embossed spine. Marbled edges. xiv p., 4 l., 426 p. front. (port.) plates. 23 cm. See our pictures.

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892. 4 Volume Set. Gift note inked on second front flyleaf of each volume, otherwise unmarked. Full blue cloth bindings with gilt titles, lightly rubbed and with some fading along some edges. Gilt top page edges. Volume I: Earlier Poems, 225pp. Volume II: Songs in Many Keys, 276pp. Volume III: Poems… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 18mo. Four volumes. Full navy cloth, gilt lettering. In navy cloth-bound custom slip case. xiii, 225 pp; viii, 276 pp.; xi, 256 pp.; xi, 372 pp. Spines slightly sunned, light rubbing to joints and spine ends, some corners bumped. Bookseller's ticket of Blackwell's, Oxford to front pastedown of all volumes. Fine… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1877, First Edition. hardcover. Household Edition, containing 26 poems here first collected [with the error p.viii]. -- Cover title: Holmes's Poems Complete. Publisher's list of "Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes." Owner's gift note dated 1893. Printed in double columns. -- Hardcover, rust cloth with gold decoration. Condition: very good minus (spine bit sunned,… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1895. Household Edition. Hardcover. No jacket. Near Fine in blue boards.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1890. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1890. Reprinted. 395 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Black and white illustrations. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Heavy cracking to hinges and gutters with exposed netting. Binding loose. Front free endpaper missing. Boards have heavy shelf… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. Good with no dust jacket. 1891. Reprint. Hardcover. Yellowing to pages. Stain to edge of pages due to a spill. Rubbing (shelf wear) to cover edges. Good overall condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings.; 426 pages .

Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1892. Hardcover. Some wear at spine ends. Spine labels show a bit of wear. Blue cloth bindings. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 446 pages .

Boston, Houghton, Mifflin And Company, 1883. Household Edition. Hardback. A good plus copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth over bevelled boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling/rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 357 pages; Physical desc.: 357 p. Subjects: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894. Poetry.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1890. [Reprint]. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original decorated cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 311 pages; Description: 311 p. 21 cm. Plates. Subject: Poetry

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1902. Household Edition; Early Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in boards. Edge wear. Corners bumped. Ink to front endpaper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. 1890. Brown boards with titles and decoration in gilt and black. Boards bumped and rubbed to spine tips and corners, lightly sunned to spine. Spine square. Rear inner hinge cracked. Binding else sound. Pages lightly toned, interior clean and unmarked.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1887. Household Edition. Hardcover. Good +. 5 x 8 in. Brown cloth boards with gilt. Condition is GOOD+ ; corners and spine ends lightly worn, covers very clean, spine a bit toned. Front inner joint showing muslin but not cracked. Binding tight and text unmarked, PO's name on ffep. Poetry. Stax.

G. Routledge and Co, 1852. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Blind stamping; backstrip detached but present; gilt edges; gilt edges; internally clean; first English edition. Please note the Image in this listing is… Read more about this item

Houghton, Osgood and Co, 1880. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. 1880; Boston; green cloth covered boards with gold titles; beveled edges; crown of spine is torn; light wear; Previous owner's name on title page; Interior is clean and unmarked; pages are toned; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; 324 pages

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1890. Bound in black, decorated buckram, sans DW; frontis.; all edges gilt; black & white plates; 403pp. A stunning copy. . Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.