Oliver Wendell Holmes — The Poet at the Breakfast-Table

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 Fireside Poets, his peers acclaimed him as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858). He was also an important medical reformer. In a red half calf leather binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. There is a bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .