THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE every man his own Boswell
by Oliver Wendell Holmes:
- Used
- Hardcover
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theberton suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Walter Scott London undated c1890 Vg (no dj, olive green cloth ornately decorated in gilt/black/blue, with gilt titles and gilt leaf design on spine and front board, rural scenes with blue sky and gilt/black landscape on spine and front board, very small faded area top corner of front board and upper corners lightly bumped, all page edges bright gilt, front free endpaper missing, bookplate front fixed endpaper and signature title page, contents unmarked) 12mo 271pp plus 8pp publisher's adverts. No date of publication but inscription dated 1891.
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- Bookseller
- lobstabooks
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- Title
- THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE every man his own Boswell
- Author
- Oliver Wendell Holmes:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Walter Scott London undated c1890
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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- Gilt
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- 12mo
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- VG
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