The Breakfast Table Series
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George Routledge and Sons Ltd, 1890. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 3 Books in one volume: The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table; The Professor at the Breakfast Table; The Poet at the Breakfast Table. Frontis is a Portrait of the author, protected by Tissue Guard. Green cloth cover with "Routledge's Popular Library" in gilt letters on the front.Gilt lettering to spine. 223 Pages. Some wear to cover, mainly at spine ends and corners. Front free endpaper partly cut away to remove previous owner's inscription. Front hinge cracked. A few small ticks and marginal marks on a few pages. Weighs over 1 Kilo so postage will be a little extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004920
- Title
- The Breakfast Table Series
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS/BREAKFAST TABLE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor;
Terms of Sale
Cornish Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Cornish Books
Biblio member since 2019
Penzance, Cornwall
About Cornish Books
Online Bookseller since 2008, in Penzance, Cornwall.We are a small family business and offer a personal service.Always in stock is a good selection of Cornish Interest Books.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.