Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hurst and Company, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A strong Very Good. "Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table", Oliver Wendell Holmes' pithy collection of (fictional) breakfast table chats. New York: Hurst and Company, undated but for reference to the original Atlantic Monthly serial publication, 1857-1858, but circa 1920. 12mo, blue cloth with rather engaging blue, green, black and gilt designs on cover and spine (see scans); 326 pp. Very Good, with some modest cover soiling and less-than-average amount of age-toning to the pages. Has been read, but is still firmly bound. Ships in stout protection, of course. L8
Synopsis
I was just going to say, when I was interrupted, that one of the many ways of classifying minds is under the heads of arithmetical and algebraical intellects. All economical and practical wisdom is an extension or variation of the following arithmetical formula: 2+2=4. Every philosophical proposition has the more general character of the expression A+B=C. We are mere operatives, empirics, and egotists, until we learn to think in letters instead of figures.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64005
- Title
- Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
- Author
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hurst and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920
- Pages
- 326
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Essays, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; History / Government / Political / Societal;
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...