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[HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL] (HOPPIN, ILLUS. ) THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE
Boston, Phillips, Sampson and Company 1859, Early Printing, Hardcover. Very Good- with no dust jacket. ¶ Brown pebbled cloth, blind-stamped on both boards with borders having 8-petal flowers in squares in the corners; gilts spine lettering (Autocrat/of the/ Breakfast/Table, line, Holmes, Boston at spine foot) ; light blue endpapers; leaves 7 1/2 in. X 4 3/4 in. ; illustrated with 8 bound-in black and white engraved plates after drawings by Hoppin, with tissue guards; 373 pp. + 2 pp publisher's ads. The first printng of this classic was published in 1858, and the first Large Paper edition in 1859, the same date as this copy. The illustrations were removed from later printings at Holmes' request. Presence of the illustrations indicates an early printing. Spine ends worn and frayed, with some loss of cloth at both ends, more so at head, which has short tear; corners worn and lightly bumped; spine faded and rubbed, but most of spine gilt fairly bright; page edges darkened and pages lightly toned; cloth torn along rear exterior spine hinge; separations between some signatures, but stitching sound and no pages loose. A sound copy. BAL 8781, 9093.
Offered for US$ 74.00 by: Basset Books LLC - Book number: 52773
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