Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
Title: The Poet at the Breakfast Table
Description: London, J M Dent and Sons, 1915. Leather. An early 20th century edition of Oliver Wendell Holmes' The Poet at The Breakfast Table. The Poet at the Breakfast Table was the final of Holmes' popular 'Breakfast-Table' works. Preceding The Poet was The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table and The Poet at The Breakfast Table. This particular edition is undated, dated from Copac. Holmes gained international fame from his Breakfast-Table series. The table talk books attracted a wide audience due to their conversational style. Homes' intentions were to mimic the philosophical debates and pleasantries which occur around the breakfast table. The subjects discussed range from medicine to theology, society, democracy, science, the natural world as well as sex and gender. The Poet was published some time after the previous two titles, in the later stages of Holmes' career. It's tone is more mellow and nostalgic than The Professor. In a half morocco binding. Externally, smart with some rubbing to spine, joints and extremities, particularly to the head and tail. Prior owner's inscriptions to half title page, dated 1945, 1944 and 1957. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with the odd spot throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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