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DOROTHY Q. TOGETHER WITH A BALLAD OF THE BOSTON TEA PARTY & GRANDMOTHER'S STORY OF BUNKER HILL BATTLE
by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Front endpaper and blank partly detached at the top; small tear to the head of the spine. Near Fine
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1893. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Front endpaper and blank partly detached at the top; small tear to the head of the spine. Near Fine. Howard Pyle. Decorated cloth. Illustrated with plates, drawings, head and tail-pieces by Howard Pyle. An interesting copy inscribed on the front blank: "Dear Dr. Holmes/I am going to give/this charming little edition/To my Wife/on her birthday/18th Nov. 1892/Don't you want to add, for/her, a value beyond/printing ink by a stroke of/your pen?/W.W. Vaughan." Holmes has obliged by writing on the recto of the frontispiece 8 lines from the book beginning with the line "Soft is the breath of a maiden's Yes" and ending with "You may hear to-day in a hundred men." Holmes has added the page numbers where the lines appear and SIGNED and dated the quote "Boston, November 18th, 1892." Laid in is a SIGNED card by Holmes with the same date INSCRIBED "With my best wishes for/Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan."
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018668
- Title
- DOROTHY Q. TOGETHER WITH A BALLAD OF THE BOSTON TEA PARTY & GRANDMOTHER'S STORY OF BUNKER HILL BATTLE
- Author
- HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
- Illustrator
- Howard Pyle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Front endpaper and blank partly detached at the top; small tear to the head of the spine. Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston & New York
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- Signed, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, Medicine, Manuscript Poem, Autographs, Howard Pyle, Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Inscribed; 19th Century American Literature;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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