The Professor At the Breakfast-Table

1860. HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. THE PROFESSOR AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE; with the Story of Iris. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 1860. First trade edition. 8vo. [4],410 pp. Original brown diapered cloth. Inner front hinge is starting, contemporary bookplate, else a fine copy with just a hint of rubbing housed in a lovely custom half morrocco slipcase and three panel folding… Read more about this item

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown pebbled cloth. Minor rubbing to extremities, else a fine, attractive copy. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Tipped to the front pastedown is a small card signed by the author "Oliver Wendell Holmes Boston April 2d 1877" BAL 8791

London: Walter Scott, Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. ca. 1890. Hardcover. Boards show some shelf wear,corners somewhat bumped. Previous owner's bookplate pasted inside front board, front hinge started but still strong. ; A tight solid book, green cloth covered boards with gilt decorations on front board and gilt titles on spine. ; The Scott… Read more about this item

Boston: Ticknor, Fields, and Co, 1860. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1860. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in original brown cloth. 401pp. Very good. Shallow chipping, wear to cloth spine ends and corners, rubbing to boards. Bookseller plate adhered to front pastedown, ownership signature to front flyleaf. Internally clean and unmarked. The second installment in Holmes' Breakfast-table series, published… Read more about this item

The Gresham Publishing Company; London., 1111. Presumed first printing thus. Undated. . Hard. Good-. 16mo. 6 1/4. Portrait frontispiece.. Good-. Lacking dust jacket. Publishers lightly faded cloth with gilt lettering and tooling to front and spine. Spine was very faded. A little darkened. Edges and corners lightly rubbed. General wear and marking on covers. Mild page browned internally.… Read more about this item

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. [2], 410 pages, [1]. Brown pebble cloth hardcover with publisher seal stamped on the front board and gilt title on the spine. Cloth chipped bottom of the spine. Previous owner name etched out in pen on the front paste down. Light foxing and toning to the contents. Binding is slightly… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. Large Paper Issue of the 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. index, 410p. Blindstamped brown cloth with beveled edges. 21.7cm. All edges gilt. Minor fraying at ends of backstrip and along other extremities. Text lightly browned.

London: Walter Scott, 1910. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. circa 1910, original cloth hardcover, 288 pages, very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf 168.

1860. HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. THE PROFESSOR AT THE BREAKFAST-TABLE; OR THE STORY OF IRIS. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1860. Sm. 8vo., embossed brown cloth. First Trade Edition. [BAL 8791]. Near fine (tiny ink name front blank page with ink presentation on verso; minor wear & soil). Nice condition. $125.00.

London: J. M. Dent & Co, 1905. Finely bound example of Holmes' famed work of prose. Octavo, bound in three quarters vellum with gilt tooling to the spine, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with engravings including tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition. A member of the Fireside poets, American physician, poet,… Read more about this item

London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co. Ltd., 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn set bound in full aniline calf and decorated in guilt with leather gilt titles to the spines. Boards have been tape repaired. Some wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; three volumes. Subjects; Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894). British… Read more about this item

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (20cm). In original brown publisher's cloth, titled in gold on spine, with blindstamped boards; brown coated endpapers; [4], 410pp. A solid copy, gently rubbed, with one gathering slightly loose and perforation to front hinge over sewing, but overall Very Good. With the preferred single imprint. CURRIER & TILTON pp.… Read more about this item

Boston / Philadelphia: Ticknor and Fields / J.B. Lippincott and Company, 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. First trade edition with the 1860 (MDCCCLX) date and double imprint J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia added on title page. First appearing in *The Atlantic Monthly*. Original blind-stamped, pebbled brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Pages 203-206 with short tears on edges, spine ends and… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Dark green cloth boards with beveled edges; gold winged urn on cover, same is blind-stamped on rear cover, bright unchipped gold lettering on spine. Tiny bump to one corner tip. One tiny spot to cover. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Chocolate brown endpapers. … Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1905. Leather. 320p. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 green leather and green cloth boards. Good condition overall. The spine is tanned and scuffed, leaving the gilt text hard to read. Edges rubbed as well. Old bookplate inside front cover. Pencil notes in margins of many pages. Binding secure. Illustrated by H.M. Brock. Measures… Read more about this item

1860. HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. THE PROFESSOR AT THE BREAKFAST-TABLE; OR THE STORY OF IRIS. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1860. Sm. 8vo., embossed brown cloth. First Trade Edition. [BAL 8791]. Very Good (tight, with little wear binding). $50.00.

Melbourne, E. W. Cole, (N. D).. Sm. 8vo; pp. (iii), 350; frontispiece; 6 b/w illustrations; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; scuffed cloth, browned pages, a good copy.

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1931. Hardcover. A 1931 reprint of the 1906 issuance. The second of three collections of various musings and poems by Boston-area physician and anatomy professor Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894). These writings achieved… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press. Reprint. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: John Walker, 1890. Not Dated c1890. Tan Leather bds with bright Gilt titles (light rubbed to spine ends) bright Gilt to all edges, Green marbled eps, Two tone text and vignette to title page, pp 315 bright interior is unread, light foxed to half title and rear page of text.. Edition Unstated. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 16mo… Read more about this item