Search Results: the poet at the breakfast table his by holmes oliver wendell

Houghton Mifflin, January 1893. Hardcover. Good.

James R. osgood and Company. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Early printing. Reading copy. Crown chipped. Front and back joints torn, spine cover torn crossways. Hinges cracked. (humor, literature, essays)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1881. 1881, 418pp, teg, slight rubbing & shelfwear to cover, no dj, contents clean.. Cloth. Very Good -/No Jacket.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894. Revised Ed. . Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Revised Ed. The Riverside Press, Cambridge. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall in red cloth w/paste-on spine label. Near Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Label heavily rubbed, small dent bottom front board, short notation front pastedown; boards clean and bright, book square w/firm binding, interior clean and unmarked. viii, 369pp inc. Index; illustrated in drawing. Volume III in the thirteen volume set of "The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes", this is the most famous and collectible of the set.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1893. Edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, some light shelf wear, front hinge is cracked, overall a clean used copy! Red cloth with gilt on black lettering on the spine.Gilt upper outer page edges. 359 unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "In this, the third series of Breakfast-Table conversations, a slight dramatic background shows off a few talkers and writers, aided by certain silent supernumeraries. The machinery is much like that of the two preceding series. Some of the characters must seem like old acquaintances to those who have read the former papers. As I read these over for the first time for a number of years, I notice one character representing a class of beings who have greatly multiplied during the interval which separates the earlier and later Breakfast-Table papers, ---- I mean the scientific specialists." ---- from the Preface.. Reprint (1872). Red Cloth. Good/No Jacket.… Read More

Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1895-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on brown label along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square. Contents clean and unmarked. Gilt top edge. No dust jacket. 360pp. Index. Early reprint edition. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1882. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Cover. Bound in green cloth with bevelled boards and gilt lettering to the spine...top of the spine pages are gilt....binding is tight and square and the text is clean of marks...some edgewear to the cover edges and lightly yellowed pages.......

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1872. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1872, First Edition, Second state ("table" correct on pg. 9). Hardcover, 8vo., maroon cloth, bevelled edges, gilt title and winged urn on front cover. 418 pp. Very Good copy, no dust jacket. Spine sunned; light wear to cloth at tips. Light foxing throughout; text is unmarked and still bright.

Scholarly Press, 1968. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Scholarly Press, 1968-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Grosse Pointe, 1968; reprint of the 1891 edition; blue cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; light wear and markings to boards; 8vo, 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall; no jacket; Interior clean and unmarked. 360 pages.

Houghton Mifflin, Boston and New York, 1899. Hardcover.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1900 Book. Very Good ++. Hardcover. Autocrat Edition. Beautiful copy of this noted work by the great American author, Oliver Wendell Holmes. Top edge gilt; deep blue cloth, with gilt spine lettering. Beautiful condition, probably never read as some pages are uncut, pages and endpapers nice and clean, very minimal edgewear. Illustrated..

James R. Osgood & Co.,. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Boston, 1872. First state with "Table" spelled "Talle" in header on page 9. Brown cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; edges worn, heavier at spine ends; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; no jacket. Ex-library with typical stamps and markings; free front endpaper missing; pencil notation on first blank page; toning and finger smudge to page edges; no internal markings; 418 pages.

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1889. Bound in green, decorated buckram, sans DW; frontis.; t.e.g.; 418pp. A beautiful tight, clean and bright copy for being over 115 years old.. Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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