Holmes, Oliver Wendell

The Poet at the Breakfast-Table the Professor at the Breakfast-Table, and the Autocrat at the Breakfast-Table

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1872 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.81 | $107.59 | ¥16,999)

London , William Paterson and Co. c1900. Leather. A uniformly bound set of Oliver Wendell Holmes' fictionalised breakfast table talk novels, which include poetry, stories, jokes and songs. Being the complete set of Holmes' "Breakfast-Tables" series. Holmes first gain...

The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1903 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.85 | $80.69 | ¥12,749)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1903. Leather. A nice example of the first in Holmes' Breakfast-Table series. First edition thus. With an introduction by Leslie Stephen. Bound by J. W. Meyer and Co. With a frontispiece showing a portrait of the author. In a half morocco binding...

The Professor at the Breakfast Table the Poet at the Breakfast Table

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. · 1905 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.73 | $161.41 | ¥25,502)

London, J M Dent and Co, 1905. Leather. Two finely bound volumes of Oliver Wendell Holmes' popular prose works. In a beautiful half calf binding by Bayntun of Bath. These are both the third edition of J M Dent and Co's publication of the 'Breakfast-Table' s...

The Professor at the Breakfast-Table What He Said, What He Heard, and What He Saw

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1896 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.47 | $78.01 | ¥12,326)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1896. Leather. A Sotheran signed leather-bound copy of this collection of essays from Oliver Wendell Holmes's 'Breakfast Table' series. Originally published in 1859. Sequel to Oliver Wendell Holmes's The Autocrat of the Brea...

The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes Pericles and Aspasia by Walter Savage Landor

Oliver Wendell Holmes; Walter Savage Landor; Havelock Ellis [preface] · 1890 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.93 | $40.35 | ¥6,376)

London, Walter Scott, 1890. Cloth. Two novels from the Camelot Series from Oliver Wendell Holmes and Walter Savage Landor. Two volumes from the Camelot Series in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Ink inscriptions to the front free end paper of both volumes, dated 1...

The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table [and] the Poet of the Breakfast Table [and] the Professor of the the Breakfast Table

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1911 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.80 | $121.06 | ¥19,127)

Boston; New York, J M Dent and Sons, 1911-13. Cloth. A three volume set of the work of Oliver Wendell Holmes's 'Breakfast Series', illustrated throughout. The 'Breakfast Series' by Oliver Wendell Holmes. 'The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table' ...

Collection of Four Illustrated Publications by J.M. Dent & Co.

Alpha of the Plough; Oliver Wendell Holmes; Charles Lamb · 1902 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.81 | $114.33 | ¥18,064)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons. Ltd; J. M. Dent & Co. 1902-1917. Cloth. A lovely collection of books published by J. M. Dent & Co. with illustrations from C. E. Brock and H. M. Brock. Early illustrated editions in original publisher's bindings of four books published by J. M. ...

The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table Every Man His Own Boswell the Professor at the Breakfast Table with the Story of Iris the Poet at the Breakfast Table He Talks with His Fellow-Boarders and the Reader Six Volumes

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1885 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.56 | $262.29 | ¥41,441)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1885-1886. Cloth. A neat, six volume set of Oliver Wendell Holmes' The Breakfast Table series. Six volumes, complete. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. 1809 – 1894, was an American physician, professor, poet, lecturer and author. Regarded by his peers a...

The Poet at the Breakfast-Table

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1893 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.91 | $53.80 | ¥8,501)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1893. Leather. A copy The Poet at the Breakfast-Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (August 29, 1809 ? October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, professor, lecturer, and author based in Boston. A member of the F...

The Poet at the Breakfast Table

Oliver Wendell-Holmes · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.80 | $121.06 | ¥19,127)

London, The Walter Scott Publishing Co. c1895. Leather. A nicely bound copy of 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 a...

The Autocrat, the Professor, & the Poet at the Breakfast Table

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.73 | $161.41 | ¥25,502)

London, Walter Scott, Ltd, c1890. Leather. Three smart uniformly bound volumes of essays from American author Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Complete in three volumes. Each volume contains a collection of essays formed of a chiefly one-sided dialogue between the unnamed Author and ...

The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes. In Thirteen Volumes

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1891 · Rooke Books

£540.00 (€646.78 | $726.33 | ¥114,760)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1891. Cloth. A scarce set of the writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, one of the popular American 'Fireside Poets&apos. The Riverside Edition. Comprising: Volume I, entitled 'The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table: Every...

The Complete Poetical Works & the Breakfast Table Series

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. · 1890 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.73 | $161.41 | ¥25,502)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1890-1901. Cloth. A smart uniformly bound ten volume set of works from American writer Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Complete in ten volumes. Author's edition. A collection of works from Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. an American physician, poet, and poly...

For Our Boys: A Collection of Original Literary Offerings by Popular Writers at Home and Abroad

Ambrose P. Dietz [ed.]; Victor Hugo; Oliver Wendell Holmes; Rev. Edward Everett Hale; et al. · 1879 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.81 | $114.33 | ¥18,064)

San Francisco, A. L. Bancroft and Company, 1879. First edition. Cloth. A charming collection of sketches, essays and poems, compiled to raise funds for the San Francisco Youths' Directory. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original cloth bindin...

Dorothy Q Together with a Ballad of the Boston Tea Party & Grandmother&Apos;S Story of Bunker Hill Battle

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1892 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.88 | $73.98 | ¥11,689)

London, Gay and Bird, [1892]. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Oliver Wendell Holmes' popular collection of poems, illustrated throughout by Howard Pyle. The first UK edition. From the U.S first issue sheets, with the 'flashed' left unchanged to pp....

Elise Venner a Romance of Destiny

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1895 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.63 | $221.94 | ¥35,066)

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1895. Leather. A lovely leather bound copy of Elise Venner, a romance of destiny by Oliver Wendell Holmes. From the series of The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, being volume five of thirteen of the Riverside edition. Elise...

Dorothy Q Together with a Ballad of the Boston Tea Party & Grandmother&Apos;S Story of Bunker Hill Battle

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1892 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.75 | $147.96 | ¥23,377)

London, Gay and Bird, 1892. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of the popular poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes, beautifully illustrated throughout by Howard Pyle. The first U.K. trade edition of this work.An anthology of three poems by Oliver Wendell Holmes, 'Doro...

The Poet at the Breakfast Table

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1915 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.92 | $47.08 | ¥7,438)

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 ...

The Professor at the Breakfast-Table

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. · 1915 · Rooke Books

£57.00 (€68.27 | $76.67 | ¥12,114)

London, J M Dent and Co. 1915. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this famous work by Oliver Wendell Holmes. The Professor is the second of Holmes' breakfast-table series which take the form of one-sided dialogues with several characters at a New England boarding house. It ...

The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1857 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.93 | $40.35 | ¥6,376)

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, c1875. Leather. A smartly bound illustrated edition of this collection of essays from American author Oliver Wendell Holmes. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. A collection of essays originally published ...