The Poet At the Breakfast-Table
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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The Poet at the Breakfast Table; The Professor at the Breakfast Table; The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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- c1890
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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London: Walter Scott, c1890. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 5" by 7". None. A set of the "Breakfast-Tables" series by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (August 1809 October 1894), an American physician, poet, professor, lecturer, and author. Regarded by his peers as one of the best writers of the 19th century, Oliver Wendell Holmes was considered a member… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poet at The Breakfast Table; He Talks with His Fellow-boarders and the Reader
by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- Early Reprint
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- 1889
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- Hardcover
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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$35.00
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1889. Bound in green, decorated buckram, sans DW; frontis.; t.e.g.; 418pp. A beautiful tight, clean and bright copy for being over 115 years old.. Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Item Price
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The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
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- 1872
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$60.00
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Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. First Edition. Early printing. Octavo (20cm). Green cloth stamped in gilt; chocolate brown coated endpapers; [ii],418pp; wood-engraved frontispiece. Former owner's name to front flyleaf. Sound but rubbed, frayed at head, with scattered heavy foxing: Very Good.
With "Table" spelled correctly in the headline, p.9, but Currier and Tilton argue that… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
by Holmes. Oliver Wendell
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- 1st Edition
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- 1910
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Carmarthenshire, GBR
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$5.07
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London: Walter Scott, 1910. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. circa 1910, original cloth hardcover, 320 pages, very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf 168.
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The Poet at the Breakfast Table [Fine Binding]
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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- 1902
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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$75.00
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London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1902. [Fine Binding]. Full red polished calf, raised bands, green and brown leather title lables, gilt titles and decorations, gilt ruled boards, edges and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, (7.25 x 4.75 inches). Three seperate editions bound as one (1902 edition, 1902 New Edition, 1902 Revised edition, all illustrated by Brock). 351,318,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poet At The Breakfast-table: His Talks With His Fellow Boarders And The Reader
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1872
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- Hardcover
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Lincoln City, Oregon, USA
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$350.00
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Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. The spine is darkened, & rubbed at the ends. Some foxing to the tissue over the frontice & the first few pages. All hinges are tight. Owner's name neatly at the top of the title page. ; Inscribed by Holmes on the… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE POET AT THE BREAKFAST-TABLE
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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- Used - Very Good- with no dustjacket
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- First Edition
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- 1872
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- Hardcover; 2nd state
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Elwood, Indiana, USA
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$36.95
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Boston: James R. Osgood and Co.. Very Good- with no dustjacket. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover; 2nd state. Some foxing throughout, but very good- overall. ; 2nd state of the first edition. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 418 pages . Item Price
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The Poet at the Breakfast Table
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1873
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Maplewood, Missouri, USA
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Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873. Good Hardcover, brown cloth, 1873, some foxing on endpapers . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Item Price
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The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
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- 1891
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- Hardcover
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1891. Hardcover. This is Volume 3 of Houghton Mifflin's 13-volume set of Holmes's writings. Ex-libris sticker on inside cover, former owner's name on inside cover in faint pencil. Some light foxing. Pages just barely starting to tan. Front hinge semi-loose (webbing slightly exposed). Back hinge semi-strong. … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1891
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$250.00
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. Later Printing. Two volumes. Half leather and marbled papercovered boards, red spine labels gilt. Moderate wear to the spine labels and corners, an about very good set. Tipped to the pastedown of the first volume is a brief note from Holmes: "Dear Sir, It gives me pleasure to comply… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE POET AT THE BREAKFAST-TABLE
by Oliver Wendell Holmes]
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- 1st Edition
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- 1872
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Dayton, Ohio, USA
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$50.00
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Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 418p. A green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Head and foot of spine worn, and corners wearing through. Early owner's pencil inscription on first blank page, dated 1873. Small brown stain in side margin of pages 11-17. Otherwise, text clean and binding secure. First edition, first state… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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- Used - Acceptable
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- 1906
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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$4.05
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Oxford University Press - Henry Frowde, 1906. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1906. First Edition Thus. 307 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with white spine. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed throughout. Binding is weak. Water marking to top edge of pages and text block. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Autocrat At the Breakfast Table
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, GBR
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$8.81
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Walter Scott. Very Good-. Hardcover. A good hardcover without dustwrapper in green cloth-covered boards with bright gilt lettering and decoration to the corners, lightly bumped/lightly rubbed to the corners, the spine is bumped/rubbed to the ends, internally a small copperplate previous owner's name and a tiny Glasgow bookshop stamp, toned occasionally slightly foxed pages with top… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poet at the Breakfast Table
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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- 1884
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, USA
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$36.00
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Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1884. Hardcover. Very Good -. Author's Edition." 2 volumes (256, 267, [1] p.); 14 cm. Contemporary half polished calf with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; black leather labels in second and fourth compartments with gilt-tooled title, author, and volume number. All page edges speckled red. Marbled endpapers matching boards. "Author's… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poet at The Breakfast Table
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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- 1915
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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$44.34
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London: J M Dent and Sons, 1915. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. An early 20th century edition of Oliver Wendell Holmes' The Poet at The Breakfast Table. The Poet at the Breakfast Table was the final of Holmes' popular 'Breakfast-Table' works. Preceding The Poet was The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table and The Poet at The… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
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- 1884.
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Lewes, East Sussex, GBR
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$38.01
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London: George Routledge and Sons, 1884.. 8vo. 370 pp. Contemporary red half calf over marbled boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered black label, gilt decoration to the other compartments, endpapers and all edges marbled. A little light rubbing to the extremities, some foxing to the front and rear, else very good. Item Price
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The Poet at the Breakfast-Table.
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition First State
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- 1872
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$25.00
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Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. First Edition First State . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 418pp. Marroon bevelled boards, gilt winged urn on front, in blind on rear, gilt lettering on spine. Spine ends chipped, corners worn, abrasion ro front pastedown from bookplate removal, text is mildly toned but clean.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poet at the Breakfast Table. [Second Edition in EL]. NEAR FINE COPY
by HOLMES Oliver Wendell
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- [1906]
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Thakeham, West Sussex, GBR
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$32.94
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Dent,, [1906]. 8vo., Second Edition thus; original series binding of brown ribbed cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, brown top, decorative endpapers, a near fine copy. With fine engraved armorial bookplate on front paste-down. First published in EL five months earlier in the same year. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. EL 68; Seymour 518.0. Item Price
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The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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$10.22
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Collins, Clear-Type Press, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Good. No Edition Remarks. 380 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Noticeable but light cracking to gutters; some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards… Read more about this item Item Price
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Poet At the Breakfast Table
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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- Used - Acceptable
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- 1887
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- Hardcover
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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$11.31
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Houghton Mifflin and Trubner, 1887. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1887. Twenty-Fourth Edition. 418 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Hinges are moderately cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Top textblock edge dyed gilt. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate… Read more about this item Item Price
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