The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table and Poems
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
-
Kent, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Poor, binding failing at first blank page/frontispiece. Period signature in pencil of "Francis Seiberling Xmas 94" verso of frontispiece (perhaps the Akron, Ohio congressman). "Reprinted from the Atlantic Monthly, as it appeared from Nov., 1857 to May, 1858" (title page). Dark green cloth stamped in gilt with beveled edges, moderate use and wear, top edge gilt, moderate to much tanning to text. The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, 183 pages, followed by Poems, 252 pages. New York: Hurst & Company, no date (publisher active circa 1871-1919). Reprint. Poor, as is.
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- Bookseller
- Upper Village Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 745
- Title
- The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table and Poems
- Author
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hurst & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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