The Autocrat, Professor & Poet, Breakfast Table (1911-13) Oliver Wendell Holmes For Sale

The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table : The Professor at the Breakfast Table : The Poet at the Breakfast Table (3 Volume Set with Illustrations By H. M. Brock)

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Published by J. M. Dent & Co, London, 1911-1913. Reprints. Bound in the original orange boards, titled in gilt to the rear. Spine ends bumped, Professor with crease to the front cover, marking to the spine, head with a little split. Tissue guarded frontispieces, as well as many monotone illustrations throughout. Top edges gilt, fore-edges untrimmed, some spotting. Pages a little toned, but generally clean and tight internally. Based upon fictionalized breakfast table talk and including poetry, stories, jokes and song. Good/None. The essays were originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1857 and 1858 before being collected in book form. The author had written two essays with the same name were published in the earlier The New-England Magazine in November 1831 and February 1832.

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