The Poet at the Breakfast-Table: He Talks with His Fellow Boarders and the Reader
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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Martinsville, Virginia, United States
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- Bookseller
- Conover Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033468
- Title
- The Poet at the Breakfast-Table: He Talks with His Fellow Boarders and the Reader
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint (1872)
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1893
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- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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