The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Contemporary owner signature on front free endpaper, boards rubbed, finger pull at head of spine
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Contemporary owner signature on front free . endpaper, boards rubbed, finger pull at head of spine.. 1895. Hardcover. Maroon decorative cloth. Top edges gilt. Biographical sketch. Two frontispiece engravings. xxi, 352 pp. BAL 9059. ; Cambridge Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35552
- Title
- The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Contemporary owner signature on front free endpaper, boards rubbed, finger pull at head of spine
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- Victorian Poetry, Oliver Wendell Holmes, 19th Century American Poetry, BAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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