Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Before the Curfew and Other Poems, Chiefly Occasional

HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL · 1888 · S. Howlett-West Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1888. 1st Edition; 1st Issue. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and was possibly issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light edge wear, rubbing and nicking. The covers have ...

THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST -TABLE

Holmes, Oliver Wendell · 1981 · Books On The Boulevard

$39.99 (€36.28 | £30.26 | ¥6,387)

Near Fine with no dust jacket Easton Press Reprint Full blue leather binding. All edges gilt, silk marker ribbon, silk moire endpapers, two raised spine bands. Color frontis illus.; 10.4 X 7.2 X 1.0 inches

The poet at the breakfast-table

HOLMES, Oliver Wendell · 1885 · Cotswold Internet Books

£3.05 (€3.66 | $4.03 | ¥644)

William Paterson, 1885. Used - Good. Good hardback . Undated; gift inscription on front free endpaper verso dated 1892. Front hinge partially cracked but binding tight. Light foxing on page edges. Blue-black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core....

The autocrat of the breakfast-table: every man his own Boswell

HOLMES, Oliver Wendell · 1889 · Cotswold Internet Books

£3.05 (€3.66 | $4.03 | ¥644)

Edinburgh: Paterson,, 1889. Used - Good. Good hardback . Later edition; gift inscription on front free endpaper verso dated 1892. Light scattered foxing and foxing on page edges. Front hinge split and repaired. Blue-black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Photo:http://cibima...

The autocrat of the breakfast-table

HOLMES, Oliver Wendell · 1902 · Cotswold Internet Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

J.M Dent & Co Reprint Used - Very Good. VG hardback 6th edition, 1920. Owner's name on front free endpaper. Otherwise a bright, tidy copy in tight binding. Orange cloth boards, tan cloth spine with dull gilt lettering. Corners slightly bumped. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core...

The professor at the breakfast table

HOLMES, Oliver Wendell · 1917 · Cotswold Internet Books

£4.40 (€5.27 | $5.81 | ¥929)

J M Dent Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket) 5th edition, 1920. Owner's name on front free endpaper. Otherwise a bright, tidy copy in tight binding. Orange cloth boards with tan cloth spine; dull gilt lettering on spine. Corners slightly bumped. Photo:http://cibimag...

The autocrat of the breakfast table, volume 1

HOLMES Oliver Wendell · 1886 · Cotswold Internet Books

£4.95 (€5.93 | $6.54 | ¥1,045)

Edinburgh David Douglas Used - Very Good. VG hardback Pocket sized. Tidy copy in tight binding; Volume 1 only. Navy cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine; end papers and pages neat & well-preserved. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/orig_26308_jpg...

BENJAMIN PIERCE: Astonomer, Mathematician. 1809 - 1880

Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1809 - 1894] · 1880 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$495.00 (€449.10 | £374.61 | ¥79,055)

[Boston]: [The Riverside Press], 1880. 1st separate printing (BAL 8951; Currier & Tilton, pp. 176-177). Printed from the setting of type used for the December 1880 Atlantic Monthly, and limited to 100 cc. Housed in a custom brown cloth chemise, with gilt stamped lettering to s...

The Autocrat at the Breakfast-Table [with] The Professor at the Breakfast-Table [with] The Poet at the Breakfast-Table

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1900 · The Victoria Bookshop

£20.29 (€24.32 | $26.81 | ¥4,282)

London, Walter Scott, 1900. Later printing. Hardcover. Set of three dark green & light green boards and ilt decorations. Not the stadard Walter Scott binding. End papers also light green & gilt. Very Good.

The AUTOCRAT Of The BREAKFAST-TABLE

Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1809 - 1894] · 1858 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$544.50 (€494.01 | £412.08 | ¥86,960)

Boston: Phillips Sampson and Company, 1858. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & boards stamped in blind (BAL Binding A). Advert eps ["Works of Permanent Value"]. 1st edition, 1st printing (BAL 8781; Currier & Tilton, pp. 69 - 7...

ASTRAEA: The Balance of Illusions. A Poem Delivered Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Yale College, August 14, 1850. Published by Request of the Society

Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1809 - 1894] · 1850 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$247.50 (€224.55 | £187.31 | ¥39,527)

Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. 1st edition, first printing, state A (BAL 8757; Tilton, p. 47-48). Pale yellow printed glazed paper boards (BAL Binding A). Chemised, and housed in a maroon quarter-morocco slipcase. 39, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-3/8". Modest wear...

REPORT Of The DINNER GIVEN To CHARLES DICKENS, In Boston, February 1st, 1842. Reported by Thomas Gill and William English, Reporters of the Morning Post.; Most of the Speeches Revised by Their Authors

[Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1809 - 1894]. Gill, Thomas. English, William · 1842 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$1,650.00 (€1,497.00 | £1,248.71 | ¥263,515)

Boston: William Cosby and Company, 1842. 1st separate appearance (BAL 8735n; Gimbel B112; Kitton, 1; Tilton, p. 560). Original printed buff paper wrappers. Custom blue cloth case. [2], 66 pp. Dickens' speech recorded on pp. 10 - 15. Holmes' 'Song', p. 33. Old bookseller slip l...

SOUNDINGS From The ATLANTIC

[Holmes, Oliver Wendell. 1809 - 1894] · 1864 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$192.50 (€174.65 | £145.68 | ¥30,743)

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. 1st collected edition (BAL 8829; Currier & Tilton, pp. 123-125). Green publisher's cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & boards stamped in blind. Brown clay paper eps. [10], 468, 22, [4 (blank)] pp. 22 page publisher catal...

REPORT Of The DINNER GIVEN To CHARLES DICKENS, In Boston, February 1st, 1842. Reported by Thomas Gill and William English, Reporters of the Morning Post.; Most of the Speeches Revised by Their Authors

[Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1809 - 1894]. Gill, Thomas. English, William · 1842 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$1,375.00 (€1,247.50 | £1,040.59 | ¥219,596)

Boston: William Cosby and Company, 1842. 1st separate appearance (BAL 8735n; Gimbel B112; Kitton, 1; Tilton, p. 560). Later 19th C. half black sheep binding, with marbled paper boards. Marbled eps. [2], 66 pp. Dickens' speech recorded on pp. 10 - 15. Holmes' 'Song', p. 33. 12m...

Dorothy Q: Together with a Ballad of the Boston Tea Party and Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill Battle

HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL · 1893 · Round Table Books, LLC

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1893. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Howard Pyle (1853-1911). First Edition, first issue (with 'flashed' for 'clashed' on page 50, line 8). Publisher's full gray cloth, silvers lettering and decoratio...

The School - Boy

HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL · 1878 · Clausen Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

Boston, Houghton, Osgood and Company. 1878. Illustrated Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: D.C. Hitchcock, J. Appleton Brown, F.T. Merrill, W.L. Sheppard, A.R. Waud. Hardcover, Later printing; Previous owner's ink gift inscription on second ffep, dated January 18, 1913; T...

DOROTHY Q Together with A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party & Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill Battle

Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1809 - 1894]. Pyle, Howard [1853 - 1911] - Illustrator. Whitman, Sarah Wyman [1842 - 1904] - Binding Designer · 1893 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.44 | ¥13,176)

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1893. 1st edition thus, 2nd issue (BAL 9042; Blanck, American First Editions [4th], p. 261; Currier & Tilton, pp. 241-242; Davis I, pp. 146 - 149; Wilson II, p. 642). Original publisher's grey cloth stamped in silver [a distin...

POEMS

Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1809 - 1894] · 1836 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$247.50 (€224.55 | £187.31 | ¥39,527)

Boston / New York: Otis Broaders & Company / George Dearborn & Company, 1836. 1st edition (BAL 8729; Tilton, p. 24). Clipped SIGNATURE of Holmes tipped-in to ffep. Green ribbon embossed cloth with a zigzag pattern (BAL Binding C [no priority]). Printed paper title label to spi...

The One-Hoss Shay with Its Companion Poems

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1905 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 80p. A hardcover book bound in decorated tan cloth. Very good condition overall. Corners lightly bumped; light scratches and smudges on back cover. Owner's inscription inside front cover and...

The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table

[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.] · 1858 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Boston, Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 373p. A pebbled brown cloth hardcover book in acceptable condition. Edges wearing through, and back cover spotted with stains near the bottom. LACKS the front free endpaper. Early owners' pencil inscriptions ...