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Holmes, Oliver W.. Over the Teacups. Houghton-Mifflin 1891 Boston, 1891.
Price: US$5.00 + shipping
Description: G-/No Dj. Hb 319pp. Extremities heavily rubbed, chipped, & soiled; corners & ends of spine frayed. Owner name embossed & written in pen on flyleaf; hinges loose. Index. OK as reading copy.
Seller: Priceless Books, Urbana, IL, U.S.A.
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Over the teacups,. Houghton, Mifflin and Co January 1891, 1891.
Price: US$5.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description:
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Over the Teacups, first edition. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891.
Price: US$5.91 + shipping
Description: GOOD-MINUS HARDBACK. EX-LIBRARY WITH TYPICAL MARKINGS; GREEN CLOTH BINDING WORN BUT SOLID. LOOKS LIKE ORIGINAL BINDING. OUTER PAGES WARPED SLIGHTLY
Seller: Early Republic Books, Hopatcong, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$7.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Condition is good minus. Book is cocked. Covers are slightly soiled. Title page has foxing to edges. Front free endpaper has a vertical strip of paper loss, all the way through, apparently where a label or something was removed. ; Bal 9027, Binding C.
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver W.. Over the Teacups. Houghton, Mifflin and Co. [1891], Boston, 1891.
Price: US$7.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG- in cloth, t.e.g., leather label (label nicked) 8vo 319pp series: Riverside Edition, The Writings of Oliver wendell Holmes, Vol. IV. Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$7.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Boston and New York; 1891. Green cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; edges and covers worn, heavier at spine ends; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no jacket. Bookplate on free front endpaper; pages toning, interior is clean and unmarked; 319 pages.
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Red cloth boards, gilt lettering on spinecover, corners, tips and edges rubbed. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Over the Teacups. Houghton, Mifflin, 1891.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 319 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Over the Teacups. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1891.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Description: Olive green cloth with gilt illustration of a teapot on the front cover. Gilt text on the spine. Blindstamped identical illustration on the back cover. Black endpages. Previous owner's name on the first blank page, dated 1890. Wear to corners, top and bottom of spine.
Seller: Bookends, Hutchinson, KS, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Over the Teacups. Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, 1891.
Price: US$11.90 + shipping
Description: A clean and bright NF copy.
Seller: AcornBooksNH, New Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 96 pages; includes over 30 poems (Ballad of the Boston Tea-Party; Evening by a Tailor; the Ploughman; Bill and Joe; The last lfeaf; Lexington; Old Ironsides; Sping; The Broomstick Train; The Flower of Liberty; God save the Flag, cte.). b/w full page print of Holmes's birthplace and Autographed b/w photo on Holmes on frontispiece. Pages tight; moderate page wear; yellowed with markings on some pages. Previous owner name on front cover. Initials on from inside cover with red markings on title page and frontispiece. Soft gray cover with black lettering and ornate border design. Number 6, April 21, 1886 of Riverside Series. Seller has several others in this series for sale.
Seller: Attic Treasures Book Shop, Mt. Carmel, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Red cover & spine: gold gilt lettering, edges lightly rubbed, spinecover sunned. 287 uncut pgs. clean with no markings, tight with gold gilt top sheet edges. Prior owner name on fep. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Red cover & spine: gold gilt lettering, edges lightly rubbed, spinecover sunned. 360 uncut pgs. clean with no markings, tight with gold gilt top sheet edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Red cover & spine: gold gilt lettering, edges lightly rubbed, spinecover sunned. 306 uncut pgs. clean with no markings, tight with gold gilt top sheet edges. Prior owner name on fep. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Red cover & spine: gold gilt lettering, edges lightly rubbed, spinecover sunned. 294 uncut pgs. clean with no markings, tight with gold gilt top sheet edges. Prior owner name on fep. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Over the Teacups. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover in good+ condition. 319 pages; Houghton, Mifflin and Company/Riverside Press; copyright page states 1890 but title page states 1891. Green cloth with gilt design on front and lettering on spine. Edgewear, gilt top edge is somewhat faded.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Over the Teacups. Boston Houghton Mifflin 1891., 1891.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Description: G. Binding rubbed, gilt decoration & lettering on front cover & spine, top edge gilt, few spots ft cvr, owner inscription fep. Start of crack front hinge.
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ii + 319 pages. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD. Volume IV only.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Over the Teacups. Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1891.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth with slight shelfwear and bright gilt. Bevelled edges. Foxing to title page only. Unmarked text with inscription to ffep.
Seller: B-Line Books, Amherst, NS, Canada
Price: US$12.50 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Textblock good Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
Seller: 4 THE WORLD RESOURCE DISTRIBUTORS, Springfield, MO, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Over The Teacups. Houghton, Mifflin. Boston/NY. 1891, 1891.
Price: US$14.38 + shipping
Description: 319pp. 8vo Olive tan cloth, top edge gilt. Twenty-Second Thousand. Light cover wear, binding slightly cocked, text clean/tight: VG.
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Over the Teacups. Houghton Mifflin 1891, 1890, Boston, 1891.
Price: US$17.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo. 319 pp. Gilt border/decoration/title front cover, olive cloth. Name front end paper, light wear cover spine ends, light soil, very good; no dust jacket.
Seller: Abstract Books, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. Over the Teacups. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1891.
Price: US$17.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in green decorated buckram, sans DW; previous owners small label on ffep.; 2" X 3" missing corner from rear fep.; penciled note on 2nd fep.; few marginalia; 319pp. Tight, clean copy.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Over the Teacups. Houghton Mifflin & Co. / Riverside Press, Boston, 1891.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Description: 312p.; 5x7.25in; Olive green cloth tightly covered boards w/ gold floral border, titles, teapot on cover; spine titles in gold. Teapot pictured on cover and title page is from 1738, presentedto to a Harvard instructor, Henry Flynt and come down several generations to the author. The text is a series of essays by Holmes, remarking on life around him, changes and constants to society. A great piece of 19th century Americana. Very good. No dust jacket. Minor edgewear; very tight, gold at top page edges fine. Minor blemish on front. 0 0.0
Seller: Hedgehog's Whimsey BOOKS etc., Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$18.75 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1/4 Brown Leather & Mbld Bds. Good/No Jacket. Reprint (Riverside Edition). Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 445 pages; this is Vol. 9 of the 'Riverside Edition, The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, in 14 volumes;' from the author's preface: "The character of the opposition which some of these papers have met with suggests the inference that they contain really important, but unwelcome truths.One thing is certain. A loud outcry on a slight touch reveals the weak spot in a profession, as well as in a patient. It is a doubtful policy to oppose the freest speech in those of our own number who are trying to show us where they honestly believe our weakness lies." Book condition: top edge is gilt, the other two have darkened somewhat; binding is quarter brown calf with larger corner wings, green attractive marbled boards and matching marbled endpapers; the vertical art-noveau floral design in gold and gold title letterling is attractive; both spine hinge areas have a narrow rub line where the brown dye has worn off, with similar "bare" spots on both vertical cover edges; all four cover corners show considerable wear (darker dye gone, lighter bare leather color shows), and on three of the corners a small amount of board can be seen. Contents approach VG; there are some uncut pages.
Seller: Jane Atwood, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pub by Houghton Mifflin, 1891, vol 8 of 13. Riverside Edition. NOT exLib. Good-minus cond. hardcover, no dj. Red cloth over bds w/ dark burgundy paper title block on spine, t.e.g. Mdt wear, mdt soiling to exterior. Binding cracked at hinges & at half-title page, & tender elsewhere, but holding. 433pp. Square, straight & clean except as noted, overall G- cond. We have a few other titles fr this set, & we'd be happy to discount for multiple purchase & to combine postage. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Riverside Press. Binding tight and pages clean; light wear to the edges, previous owner's bookplate inside. Green boards with gilt lettering on the spine and gilt page edges.
Seller: Hudson River Book Shoppe, Waldwick, NJ, U.S.A.
Oliver Wendell Holmes. OVER THE TEACUPS. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1891.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: 319p. A green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed; a bit of fraying at the head of the spine. Text unmarked and binding secure for reading purposes.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Over the Teacups. Houghton, Mifflin. Boston/NY. 1891, 1891.
Price: US$23.00 + shipping
Description: 319pp. 8vo Green cloth, top edge gilt, bevelled edges, black coated endpapers. Bibliography of American Literature #9027: First Edition, 2nd printing, binding B. Gilt urn on front cover, blindstamped urn on rear. Light cover wear, extremities rubbed: VG/no dj
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pub by Houghton Mifflin, 1891, vol 1 of 13. Riverside Edition. NOT exLib. VG-minus or better cond. hardcover, no dj. Red cloth over bds w/ dark burgundy paper title block on spine, t.e.g. Lt-mdt wear, very light soiling to exterior. Binding tender in a few places but holding well. Frontis in b&w w/ tissue guard. 321pp incl index. Square, straight, tight & clean, overall VG- or better cond. We have a few other titles fr this set, & we'd be happy to discount for multiple purchase & to combine postage. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pub by Houghton Mifflin, 1891, vol 10 of 13. Riverside Edition. NOT exLib. VG cond. hardcover, no dj. Red cloth over bds w/ dark burgundy paper title block on spine, t.e.g. Light wear, very light soiling to exterior. Binding tender in a few places but holding well. 301pp. Square, straight, tight & clean, overall VG cond. We have a few other titles fr this set, & we'd be happy to discount for multiple purchase & to combine postage. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Riverside edition. Gray top page edges. Dj has some little chips missing at top & bottom edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Collectorsemall, Rialto, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.65 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1891 Hardcover NO Dust Jacket. Good minus condition with tanned edge paper, damp stains to title page. One page is starting to get loose. Some rubbing to edges. Signature to first blank page. U5C12.
Seller: Eurobooks Ltd, Nottingham, United Kingdom
HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL. OVER THE TEACUPS. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO., BOSTON, MA, 1891.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: GILT TOP, A RATHER NICE, FRESH COPY WITH NO WRITING OR DEFECTS. RED CLOTH.
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Over the Teacups. Houghton Mifflin, 1891.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Green cloth with beveled edges, gilt urn at front center bright, teapot on title page a gift by Harvard students in 1738 to instructor Henry Flynt, ancester of Holmes. Very slight surface wear to tips, microtears along spine top edge with very slight wear, four tiny surface wear spots at spine bottom edge, 319 pages. Good+ copy.
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$29.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Breakfast Table Series; 16mo - 6" to 7" tall; 440 pages; Light brown leather spine and corners show some edgewear, gilt blindstamped design on spine, top gilt. Marbled paper covered boards and end papers. Back hinge appears to have been glued, front hinge intact. Previous owner's name on blank page. This is from the Breakfast Table Series - Handy Volume Edition. Dated MDCCCCII on title page. Very attractive little volume. Binding is Three-Quarter Leather.
Seller: Ainsworth Books ( IOBA), Chilliwack, BC, Canada
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pub by Houghton Mifflin, 1891, vol 9 of 13. Riverside Edition. NOT exLib. VG-minus or better cond. hardcover, no dj. Red cloth over bds w/ dark burgundy paper title block on spine, t.e.g. Light wear, very light soiling to exterior. Binding starting at Preface, but holding. 445pp incl appendix. Square, straight, tight & clean, overall VG- or better cond. We have a few other titles fr this set, & we'd be happy to discount for multiple purchase & to combine postage. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
Price: US$31.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Clean and tight and square. Sharp corners with just a tiny bit of color loss. Name in pencil at the top of the first page. Protective paper intact for the author's portrait. Dark navy blue boards with gold lettering on the spine and on the front. Gold wreath on the front and on the spine. Holmes' Poems in gold on the front. Household Edition of the Poets embossed on the front under the wreath. 426 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: funyettabooks, Bloomington, MN, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. OVER THE TEACUPS. Houghton and Mifflin, Boston, 1891.
Price: US$34.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boards with light wear to extremities. ; Second printing with $1.50 price for this title in ad opposite title page and no hyphen in title. Top edge gilt; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pages
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Over the Teacups. Houghton Mifflin and Company, New York, 1891.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: LOvely copy of this volume. Green cloth with gilt pictorial cover, gilt lettering on spine and T.E.G. Vrey nice copy it appears to be unread for 129 years. Someone should buy and use this book.
Seller: Culpepper Books, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. Over the Teacups. Houghton, Mifflin & Co, Boston, 1891.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, second state. Green cloth with beveled edges, gilt-stamped spine title, gilt-stamped winged urn on front with matching blind-stamped illustration on rear, top edge gilt. Gutter cracked, extremities moderately worn, else very good.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Over the Teacups. Houghton Mifflin, 1891.
Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Second State, 1891, Houghton Mifflin, foxing to pages, bookplate belonging to Jerome A. Hart, publisher of the San Francisco Argonaut, Very Good condition.
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$36.05 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 319 pp. Gilt cover device and titles birght. some faint soiling.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$42.63 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Decorated covergold yellow black and red. ,Beveled edges.Gilt edges. Light wear to edge of spine. Bumped corner. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
Seller: Livres Norrois, Quebec, QC, Canada
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Over the Teacups. Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1891.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Large 12mo. Olive green cloth with gilt cover and spine lettering. Top edge gilt. Front free end paper with an 1890 Christmas gift inscription which is earlier than the publication date of 1891 on title page. Contents very clean and tight with no marks or inscriptions. PayPal accepted.
Seller: Diamond Island Books, Gorham, ME, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Over the Teacups. Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, 1891.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second printing. Very good, green cloth with gilt emblem on front, same emblem blind-stamped on back, gilt titles on spine, gilt page tops, beveled edges, black endpapers. Slight rubbing to bottom of boards and spine edges, small tear to cloth at back gutter, ink name and Mar 25, 1890 on first blank endpaper, another name on next blank page.
Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL. OVER the TEACUPS. Houghton MifFLIN, Boston, 1891.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A GEM OF A BOOK! PUBLISHER'S LIGHT GREEN CLOTH WITH VIVID STAMPED GOLD GILT TEA POT, BORDERS AND LETTERING ON FRONT BOARD. INTERESTING NOTE: TEACUPS' HAS A V INSTEAD OF A U ON TITLE. GOLD GILT LETTERING ON SPINE SOMEWHAT FADED. GILT TOP EDGE. VERY MINOR RUBBING AT EDGES A BIT MORE ON BACK BOARD WHERE IT MEETS THE SPINE. BOOK LABEL FROM PREVIOUS OWNER INSIDE FRONT BOARD. NAME AND DATE OF 1891 IN PENCIL ON ffep and SMALL STAMPED NAME ON LAST BLANK PAGE. O/W NO MARKINGS. 319 pp. HAS A SMALL ADVERTISEMENT CARD FROM PUBLIHER "BOOKS ABOUT WESTERN AMERICA" WITH WRITING ON BOTH SIDES. ADVERTISEMENT OPPOSITE TITLE PAGE HAS OTHER HOLMES BOOKS WITH PRICES. OVER THE TEACUPS BEING $1.50. SOLID BINDING. A REAL NICE BOOK. SCANS ON REQUEST. THANKS.
Seller: Come See Books Livres, Canton de Hatley, QC, Canada
Holmes, Oliver Wendall. Over the Tea Cups. Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, 1891.
Price: US$51.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Houghton, Mifflin. Boston/NY. 1891, 1891 (copyright page notes 1890 and 1891 ) First American. 319pp. 8vo Green cloth, top edge gilt, bevelled edges, black coated end papers. Gilt urn on front cover, blind-stamped urn on rear. Light cover wear, Xmas 91 gift inscription in neat ink on first blank fl: VG.
Seller: Douglas Park Media, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$58.36 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1891 Black with gold lettering hardback has inscription on fly page no marks in text and is in very good conditionAND AS ALWAYS SHIPPED IN 24 HOURS; and emailed to you a USPS tracking number on all orders; all books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing. PLEASE NOTE OVER SEAS BUYERS if the book extra large or heavy there will be additional postage due to the new US Postage rates
Seller: books4u31, asheville, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Three quarter Leather with marbled boards, endpapers and edges, ( Riverside edition The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes volume IV)
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Over the Teacups. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Light wear to cover cloth, title label on spine rubbed and chipped. Volume IV in The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes in Fourteen Volumes, Riverside Edition. Binding tight. Clean pages.
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Over the Teacups. Houghton, Mifflin & Co, Boston, 1891.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Hardcover. A very handsome copy. Light shelf wear, hint of flecking, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth beveled boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, in blind decorative elements, black ink endpages, engraved teapot on title page, teg. Small 8vo. 319pp. Index.
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Elsie Venner, A Romance of Destiny (VG+ 1891 hc/dj). Houghton Mifflin, 1891.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pub by Houghton Mifflin, copyright 1891, possible 1920's printing. NOT exLib. VG+ or better cond. hardcover w/ VG-minus dustjacket (very scarce,) now in archival grade Brodart. Red cloth over bds w/ semi-glossy brown title block & bright gilt lettering on spine. Light soiling & spotting to edges. Lt-mdt chipping & wear to original very plain dustjacket, still 95% intact. 487pp. Square, straight, tight, clean & unmarked, overall VG+/VG- or better cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Over the Tea Cups. Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, 1891.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover, binding (A) olive green cloth with gold stamping on upper cover and spine, and blind-stamped floral boarder on rear cover. , -319. All edges stained yellow, with manila yellow end-papers. First edition. Early variant printing with "Teacup" priced in ads and series available in 11 vols., priced at $18.50, including blank leaf at rear. Brief Christmas gift inscription on front free end-paper, dated 1890. A clean, square, fresh and otherwise unmarked copy. Near fine. BAL 9027
Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Over the teacups,. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description:
Seller: POQUETTE'S BOOKS, DEWITT, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$109.94 + shipping
Description: Very Good. 1/4 leather with marbled boards. Edgewear, scuffs on rear board. The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes Vol 1.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Over the Teacups. Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1891.
Price: US$125.12 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: nice copy hinges sound. TEG minor wear head and heel of spine. clean tight copy. laid in customer voucher from leary's bookshop ninth street below market in philadelphia dated 9/14/ 37 (1937) in the amount of $1.60 cents.
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. OVER THE TEACUPS [Tea-Cups]. Houghton, Mifflin and Co, Boston, 1891.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo. FIRST ISSUE, (1)pp. ad, listing this title without price following the listing; title with Tea-Cups hyphenated, all edges yellow. 319pp. Bound in olive green pictorial cloth lettered and decorated in gilt depicting a tea-pot under title, with gilt floral border. A near fine, sharp cornered copy, with light wear; housed in a custom morocco backed slipcase, with chemise.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$166.50 + shipping
Description: 12mo. pp. 1 p.l.(ad), 319. engraved title vignette. original cloth, top edge gilt. First Edition, Second Printing.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. Over the teacups. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, 1891.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Original green illustrated cloth; some soiling to right edge of top cover, small damp-stain affecting lower right corner of title. Uncut. First edition, first printing, second state, binding C. After a break of fifteen years, Holmes revives his series of imaginary conversations. There was a two-year hiatus for these episodes, originally printed as a monthly contribution in The Atlantic Monthly, when Holmes lost his wife, and a year later, his daughter Amelia. BAL, 9027; C&T, p. 226.
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$302.44 + shipping
Description: Very Good in boards. Some shelf wear to crowns and heels of spines, light soiling to boards. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Over the Teacups. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Holmes on the flyleaf with the last stanza of his poem The Last Leaf. Laid is in an addressed envelope in Holmes' hand to famed American botanist Asa Gray. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891. Second state with Over the Teacups priced at $1.50 in the ads facing the title page. Original green cloth with gilt-stamped titles and decorations, top edge gilt; pp. (ii), 319pp, [3]. Light shelfwear near boards with a small pinhole to cloth near spine crown, a few minor stains to covers. Hinges starting but still secured. Bookplates to front pastedown are over several bookseller catalogue descriptions and a poem, brief catalogue description of this volume tipped in to rear endpaper. Recipient's name blotted out in the inscription, bled through to the first second blank, foxing to endpapers. Housed in a custom two-part cloth slipcase with leather spine label titled in gilt. Shows a bit of wear and light fraying. A presentable copy.
Seller: Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Over The Teacups. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1891.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, [2], 319pp, [3]. Olive green cloth, title in gilt on spine and front cover, gilt floral border on front cover, floral border stamped in blind on rear cover. Top edge gilt, light rubbing to spine tips and corners. This is the second state printing, with Over the Teacups priced at $1.50 in the advertisement opposite the title page. Binding "variant A." Housed in a green cloth chemise within a custom quarter morocco slipcase with green cloth boards, title in gilt on spine, decorative raised bands, sunning to spine. (Ives 196) (BAL 9027). Inscribed on the front flyleaf: "Oliver Wendell Holmes for Miss Emma Hitt Harris - Boston. October 9th, 1891."
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.