The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes. In thirteen volumes

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1891. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. A scarce set of the writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, one of the popular American 'Fireside Poets'. The Riverside Edition. Comprising: Volume I, entitled 'The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table: Every Man his own Boswell'; Volume II, 'The Professor at the Breakfast Table: With the Story of Iris'; Volume III, 'The Poet at the Breakfast Table: He Talks with his Fellow Boarders and the Reader'; Volume IV, 'Over the Teacups'; Volume V, 'Elsie Venner'; Volume VI, 'The Guardian Angel'; Volume VII, 'A Mortal Antipathy: First Opening of the New Portfolio'; Volume VIII, 'Pages from an Old Volume of Life: A Collection of Essays, 1857-1881'; Volume IX, 'Medical Essays, 1842-1882'; Volume X, 'Our Hundred Days in Europe'; and Volumes XI-XIII, 'The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: Volumes I-III'. Featuring tissue guarded portrait frontispieces of Holmes to Volumes I, IV, and IX. Complete in thirteen volumes. In cloth bindings, imitating half long grain morocco. Externally, some minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Generally bright and clean, with just the odd spot or mark, and occasional dusting to extreme outer margins. Some light foxing to endpapers. Very Good Indeed