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Holmes, Oliver Wendell. MEDICAL ESSAYS 1842-1882 (Works Volume IX). Houghton, Mifflin, USA, 1892.
Price: US$8.97 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age.
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1892.
Price: US$10.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Size: 8vo - between 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xiv + 321pp. Text contains some pencil marks and notes. Binding firm, with minor wear to spine. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. Previous owner's signature sticker. Edges browned. Top edge gilt, faded. Crinklng to prelims. Corners slightly bumped. Volume 1 of 13 in the Standard Library Edition of The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Gilt to spine. Five raised bands. Marbled end papers. Illustrated. Damp staining to frontispiece Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; United States; 19th century; Essays & Literary Criticism. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 32203.
Seller: Dreadnought Books, Bristol, United Kingdom
Price: US$14.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Volume X only. Published in 1892 by Houghton Mifflin. Very minor library markings. Good. Light to moderate shelf wear to covers/corners; satisfaction guaranteed. Hardcover lacking the Dust Jacket.
Seller: Earthlight Books, Walla Walla, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: Two volumes; 12mo. A fine, bright set, in gilt-lettered royal blue cloth; top edges gilt; bookseller's labels on yellow-coated front endpapers.
Seller: Wilfrid M. de Freitas - Bookseller, ABAC, Montreal, QC, Canada
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: shelf wear, worn title label on spine binding tight, owners name D2 5
Seller: COVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS, Saint John, NB, Canada
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dark blue with maroon label, gilt letters. Standard library edition volume XIII. Clean unmarked, couple of scuff marks to cover. Very good plus.
Seller: broken wing books, blaine, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$17.10 + shipping
Description: Beautiful copy of this noted work by the great American author, Oliver Wendell Holmes. Top edge gilt; deep blue cloth, with gilt spine lettering. Beautiful condition, probably never read as some pages are uncut, pages and endpapers nice and clean, very minimal edgewear. Illustrated.
Seller: UHR Books, Hollis Center, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$17.10 + shipping
Description: Beautiful copy of this noted work by the great American author, Oliver Wendell Holmes. Top edge gilt; deep blue cloth, with gilt spine lettering. Beautiful condition, probably never read as some pages are uncut, pages and endpapers nice and clean, very minimal edgewear. Illustrated.
Seller: UHR Books, Hollis Center, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$17.10 + shipping
Description: Beautiful copy of this noted work by the great American author, Oliver Wendell Holmes. Top edge gilt; deep blue cloth, with gilt spine lettering. Beautiful condition, probably never read as some pages are uncut, pages and endpapers nice and clean, very minimal edgewear. Illustrated.
Seller: UHR Books, Hollis Center, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$17.10 + shipping
Description: Beautiful copy of this noted work by the great American author, Oliver Wendell Holmes. Top edge gilt; deep blue cloth, with gilt spine lettering. Beautiful condition, probably never read as some pages are uncut, pages and endpapers nice and clean, very minimal edgewear. Illustrated.
Seller: UHR Books, Hollis Center, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$17.10 + shipping
Description: Beautiful copy of this noted work by the great American author, Oliver Wendell Holmes. Top edge gilt; deep blue cloth, with gilt spine lettering. Beautiful condition, probably never read as some pages are uncut, pages and endpapers nice and clean, very minimal edgewear. Illustrated.
Seller: UHR Books, Hollis Center, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$17.10 + shipping
Description: Beautiful copy of this noted work by the great American author, Oliver Wendell Holmes. Top edge gilt; deep blue cloth, with gilt spine lettering. Beautiful condition, probably never read as some pages are uncut, pages and endpapers nice and clean, very minimal edgewear. Illustrated.
Seller: UHR Books, Hollis Center, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Dark blue with maroon label, gilt lettering on label. Standard library edition volume XII. Clean unmarked, near fine.
Seller: broken wing books, blaine, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue cloth cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Holmes's Works VII: A Mortal Antipathy. Houghton Mifflin & Co,, 1892.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No dust jacket. A few spots on pages. Slight spine lean; tears on back hinge. Erase marks on front end page. a few spots. Very Good condition.
Seller: Rare Reads, Athens, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Some wear at spine ends. Spine labels show a bit of wear. Blue cloth bindings. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 446 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. The Guardian Angel. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1892.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume 6 of 15 from the Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Navy blue cloth cover with burgandy spine label and gilt title. Mild corner, edge & spine end rubs & moderate denting. Very tiny amount of fray to top of spine end. Slight spine lean. Previous owner name written in silver on black front paste down & something has been marked out or erased from the black ffep. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 431 pages
Seller: Oddfellow's Fine Books and Collectables, Topeka, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Not ex-lib. Hardcover in set-design dark blue cloth with brown-red title box to upper spine, no jacket, small 8vo. Volume Six of broken set. xvi + 431pp. Tissue-protected plates. Prev. owner's bookplate front pastedown. VG. Clean, very sharp, strongly colored cloth with touches of surface loss at tips of mildly toed-in corners; touches of loss at spine ends; occasional rubbing to very bright title box. Binding strong and square with firm, square hinges, somewhat stiff page gatherings; opens flat at mid volume. Pages clean and unmarked on moderately toned stock.
Seller: Bookfeathers, LLC, Lewisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Not ex-lib. Hardcover in set-design blue cloth with brown-red title box to upper spine, no jacket, small 8vo. Volume Five of broken set. xvi + 487pp. Tissue-protected plates. Prev. owner's bookplate front pastedown. VG+. Clean, very sharp, strongly colored cloth with touches of surface loss at tips of mildly toed-in corners; touches of loss at spine ends; occasional rubbing to very bright title box. Binding strong and square with firm, square hinges; opens flat at id volume. Pages clean and unmarked on handsome, creamy-toned stock.
Seller: Bookfeathers, LLC, Lewisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$31.63 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue cloth cover with title label on spine shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1892. Blue cloth, leather spine label, top page ends gold gilt. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. light fraying at spine ends. 301 pages. Holmes visit to Britain, Italy and france. 7113
Seller: BookScene, Hull, MA, U.S.A.
Whittier, John Greenleaf. At Sundown. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, MA, 1892.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original publisher's white cloth binding with a beautiful gilt decoration on the front cover and gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. "Designs by E. H. Garrett." 5" x 7 1/4." Seventy pages, complete. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Slight foxing on the covers. From the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL), no. 22158: "State 3." A collection of poems by John Greenleaf Whittier. Poems include the following: "The Christmas of 1888," "The Vow of Washington," "The Captain's Well," "An Outdoor Reception," "R. S. S., at Deer Island on the Merrimac," "Burning Drift-Wood," "O. W. Holmes on His Eightieth Birthday," "James Russell Lowell," "Haverhill," "To G. G.," "Preston Powers, Inscription for Bass-Relief," "Lydia H. Sigourney, Inscription on Tablet," "Milton, on Memorial Window," "The Birthday Wreath," "The Wind of March," "To Oliver Wendell Holmes," "Between the Gates," and "The Last Eve of Summer." John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) was an American author, a Fireside Poet, and an abolitionist. After a brief run in politics, Whittier turned his attention to fighting against slavery which would became his life's work. Whittier used his literary talents to write anti-slavery publications, but he also used his political background to act as a lobbyist to try and convince politicians to join the abolition movement. Among Whittier's most significant accomplishments were his co-founding of the American Anti-Slavery Society and his signing of the 1833 Anti-Slavery Declaration. Edmund H. Garrett (1853-1929) was an American illustrator, designer of bookplates, painter, and author. He is known for his book illustrations, in particular, those accompanying the legends of King Arthur. Note about this edition by Whittier: "A small edition of this little volume was privately printed two years ago, and speedily exhausted among the author's friends. The demand for it since has been so persistent that he has consented to its publication in the present form. A few poems written since its previous issue are inserted in this new edition." James Maurice Thompson (1844-1901) was an American author and naturalist.
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: VG. Pretty little three volume set - half leather, marbled boards and fore-edges. Reprint edition.
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, 13 volumes. Houghton Mifflin, 1892.
Price: US$67.75 + shipping
Description: good condition with minor soiling Book covers are worn, but still attractive. There is wear and fraying at ends and spine. Some books have loose hinges but all; Book covers are worn, but still attractive. There is wear and fraying at ends and spine. Some books have loose hinges but all; LIB2958010350; are intact and still very usable.
Seller: Hammonds Antiques & Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Holmes's Works complete set. Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1892.
Price: US$96.20 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The American Oliver Wendell Holmes was very much a "Renaissance Man" - a poet, knowledgeable on a wide range of subjects and a physician. He was also trained for the legal profession. He was admired as a writer by his peers. This is a complete set of his works. Ex-library books, they are in good condition, with the expected plates and stamps, many of which can be easily removed (especially the spine stickers). Blue cloth binding, some minor bumping, but overall a nice set comprising 13 books of his writing and 2 books of his letters - all approximately 300 pages. This is obviously a heavy collection and additional postage may be required - we will advise.
Seller: Peak Volumes, Tideswell, United Kingdom
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, 15 volumes. Houghton Mifflin, 1892.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: includes medical essays and autobiography, illustrations, facsimiles, top page edges gilt, navy cloth over boards with gilt titles on maroon leather spine labels. Scattered mottling and light wear on boards, a few labels chipped, small u-shaped tear in one backstrip, contents of all near fine. Brick and mortar bookshop since 1975!
Seller: Royal Oak Bookshop, Front Royal, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 13 volume set bound in brown cloth with gilt spine letteirng. 19.5 x 13 cm. 12mo. Top edges gilt. Frontispieces in each volume. Pen date on front free endpaper of each volume. Front cover of volume 2 is scuffed. Volume I: The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. II: The Professor at the Breakfast-Table. III: The Poet at the Breakfast-Table. IV: Over the Teacups. V: Elsie Venner: A Romance of Destiny. VI: The Guardian Angel. VII: A Mortal Antipathy: First opening of the new portfolio. VIII: Pages from an old volume of Life: A Colleciton of Essays 1857-1881. IX: Medical Essays 1842-1882, X: Our Hundred Days in Europe. XI: Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Lothrop Motley: two memoirs. XII: Poems Part One. XIII: Poems Part two.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 13 volume set complete Vol 1 through Vol 13. Standard Library Edition. Illustrated with steel portraits and photgravures. Blue cloth hardcover boards with red leather labels on the spine and gilt lettering; gilt page edges. Bindings tight and complete; light wear to the boards; pages with light age toning and light foxing; previous owner's bookplates inside. Very attractive set for the bookshelf.
Seller: Hudson River Book Shoppe, Waldwick, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 6 x 9 in. Dark blue cloth boards with maroon calf spine labels. Frontis' with tissue guards and plates. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers mildly rubbed with some faint marks. Minimal shelf wear. Spine labels all present and very good. Bindings all tight. Text block edges a touch toned. Pages have occasional light to moderate foxing. Extra shipping may apply. Fic. RGR.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$124.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Holmes's Works, 15 Volume Set which includes Life and Letters, 2 Volumes. Published in 1892, Standard Library Edition. Bound in dark blue cloth with title on leather tab on spine. Top page edge in gilt. Illustrated with steel portraits and photogravures. Beautiful vintage set. No markings. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Fri.
Seller: Archives Books inc., Edmond, OK, U.S.A.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Broken set: has only 13 volumes. Lacks volume 1 and volume 1 of the 2 volume Life and Letters. Exlibrary with usual library markings. Some cover wear. A repaired hinge. Tape stain residue. Top edge gilt. Contains: Volume II The Professor at the Breakfast Table With the Story of Iris, pp. X , 332. Volume III The Poet At the Breakfast Table. He Talks With His Fellow Borders and The Reader, pp. Vii, 360. Volume IV Over The Teacups, pp. 11, 319. Volume V Elsie Venner. A Romance of Destiny , pp. Xvi, 487. Volume VI The Guadian Angel, pp. Xvi, 431. Volume VII A Moral Antipathy First Opening of the New Portfolio, pp. Vi, 307. VIII Pages From an Old Volume of Life. A collection of Essays 1857-1881, pp. Vi, 433. Volume IX Medical Essays 1842-1882, pp. Xvii, 445. Volume X Over a Hundred Days in Europe, pp. 301. Volume XI Ralph Waldo Emerson John Lothrop Motley Two Memoirs, pp. Xi, 284 Volume XII-XIII The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes Volume I, Volume II, pp. Xi, 442. Volume XV The Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes Part 2 by John T. Morse Jr.
Seller: Jonathan Grobe Books, Deep River, IA, U.S.A.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Octavos, Thirty Volumes; G; Full maroon cloth with paper spine labels; Boards show moderate bumping to heads/tails of spines, light wear to bottom edges and corners, minor soiling and wear overall, and significant age-toning and wear to spine labels (many difficult to read); Textblocks have light plus age-toning to untrimmed edges; Hand numbered "701" on limitation page; t.e.g.; RWO-LC Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. The first thirteen volumes (in 26 books) comprise the Works, while the last two volumes (in four books) comprise the Life and Letter of Oliver Wendell Holmes by John T. Morse. 1364598. Special Collections.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Complete in 13 volumes. Pages have gilt top stain and are unmarked except for previous owner's blindstamp on front endpapers. A couple books have light chipping to fore-edge. Half of the volumes have one partially cracked hinge and a couple books are cracked near center. Some spines are slightly cocked. Boards show moderate shelf wear with rubbing and scuffing to most surfaces and edges. Most spine ends have some fraying. Gilt lettering on spine still legible. Vol V front board is dampstained.
Seller: Sparrow's Bookshop, IOBA, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. HOLMES'S WORKS. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1892.
Price: US$230.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 15 volumes. Pages clean and clear. Top edges gilt. Black endpapers. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Spines a little faded and worn, corners bumped. VG
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. Works. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, 1892.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Each volume with half-title and frontispiece. Half-blue morocco and marbled boards with matching marbled end-papers, spines gilt in compartments, top edges gilt, boards and extremities of spines somewhat worn, with some occasional water spots to covers, bottom cover detached on Volume VI. Autocrat edition, a mixed set with Volume III dated 1900 and Volume VI dated 1895 (all others dated 1892). A complete collection of Holmes' works, including The autocrat of the breakfast table, The professor at the breakfast table, the poet at the breakfast table, Over the teacups, and much more. Not in C&T.
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$357.15 + shipping
Description: Very good copies in the original navy cloth. Gilt-blocked leather spine labels, slightly edge-worn. Spine bands worn with some fraying evident. Panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Minor library marks, and previous owner's bookplate. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Description: 15 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm. Conents: vol. I. The autocrat of the breakfast-table --vol. II. The professor at the breakfast-table --vol. III. The poet at the breakfast-table --vol. IV. Over the teacups --vol. V. Elsie Venner --vol. VI. The guardian angel --vol. VII. A moral antipathy --vol. VIII. Pages from an old volume of life --vol. IX. Medical essays --vol. X. Our hundred days in Europe --vol. XI. Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Lothrop Motley --vol. XII. The poetical works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, volume I --vol. XIII. The poetical works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, volume II --vols. XIV-XV. Life and letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes / J.T. Morse. Notes: Volumes 1-13 indicate that the set will be published in 13 volumes. Genre: American literature -- Fiction -- Poetry. Subjects: Oliver Wendell Holmes -- Collected works -- American literature. 15 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: RE: Both volumes: Fine condition dark blue textured cloth boards with bright gilt spine lettering and gilt upper page edges. Volume I includes List of Illustrations and Notes and illustrated with a black-and-white portrait frontispiece plate with a fine descriptive tissue guard overlay plus 4 additional black-and-white plates each also with fine descriptive tissue guard overlays. Volume II includes List of Illustrations; Notes; Index of First Lines; Index of Titles and illustrated with a black-and-white portrait frontispiece plate with a fine descriptive tissue guard overlay plus 7 additional black-and-white plates each also with fine descriptive tissue guard overlays. These two volumes are the Poetical Works, volumes I & 2 , that are also listed on their respective spines as the 12th and 13th volumes from The Complete Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, which is a 13 volume set. All pages are in fine condition, and the spines of both volumes are exceedingly tight and square. (see photographs). and these two volumes are most attractive copies in the most scarce Autocrat edition. 446 pp & 442 pp.
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copies in the original navy cloth. Gilt-blocked leather spine labels, slightly edge-worn. Spine bands worn with some fraying evident. Panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Minor library marks, and previous owner's bookplate. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Description: 15 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm. Conents: vol. I. The autocrat of the breakfast-table --vol. II. The professor at the breakfast-table --vol. III. The poet at the breakfast-table --vol. IV. Over the teacups --vol. V. Elsie Venner --vol. VI. The guardian angel --vol. VII. A moral antipathy --vol. VIII. Pages from an old volume of life --vol. IX. Medical essays --vol. X. Our hundred days in Europe --vol. XI. Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Lothrop Motley --vol. XII. The poetical works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, volume I --vol. XIII. The poetical works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, volume II --vols. XIV-XV. Life and letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes / J.T. Morse. Notes: Volumes 1-13 indicate that the set will be published in 13 volumes. Genre: American literature -- Fiction -- Poetry. Subjects: Oliver Wendell Holmes -- Collected works -- American literature. 15 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nicely bound complete 13 Volume set. Bound in 3/4 Dark Blue leather with marbled boards. Marbled end papers and page edges. 6 paneled spine with gilt decorations lettered in gilt. 5 raised bands to the spine. Top edges gilt. Frontispiece and interior illustrations in each volume. Some scuffing to the leather but overall a clean and attractive set in nice condition. Scarce thusly! ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [Fine binding] 13 volume set. Autocrat edition. Bound in fine 3/4 navy moroccan leather over blue marbled boards. Gilt spine compartments. Top edges gilt. Marbled end sheets. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Contents:Volume I. The autocrat of the breakfast-table; volume II. The professor at the breakfast-table; volume III. The poet at the breakfast-table; volume IV. Over the teacups; volume V. Elsie Venner; volume VI. The guardian angel; volume VII. A mortal antipathy; volume VIII. Pages from an old volume of life; volume IX. Medical essays; volume X. Our hundred days in Europe; volume XI. Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Lothrop Motley; volume XII. The poetical works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, volume I; volume XIII. The poetical works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, volume II. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (1892). 15 volumes. 8vo. Numbered edition, one of 750 copies. Three-quarter red morocco over marbled boards., t.e.g. Front cover of v.1 detached. Some joints tender. Darkening and some wear to spines and edges of boards. Foxing to deckled edges, and to margins of some leaves. VG. THE SET:
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.01 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: All volumes complete and secure in their late 19th century contemporary bindings of half dark green leather with marbled boards. Five raised bands at spine (gilt delineation), six compartments comprising two with gilt lettered titles (set and volume) and four compartments with decorative gilt devices. Spines have uniformly faded to a warm brown; some minor scuffing at head of a few volumes. Scattered foxing as typical. Printed at The Riverside Press, Cambridge. Each volume is illustrated with steel engraved portraits and photogravures with tissue guards. A very attractive set. OCLC 174411740 Contents are as follows: Volume I The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, pp. xi,321, indexed. Introduction and Preface to the New Edition by Holmes. Frontis of Holmes at Age 47 from a Daguerreotype and six steel plate textual illustrations by Julian Scott. Volume II The Professor at the Breakfast Table With the Story of Iris, pp. x , 332, indexed. Intro by Holmes. Frontis of Holmes at age 50 from a photograph by Warren and five illustrations by Alfred Kappes. Volume III The Poet At the Breakfast Table. He Talks With His Fellow Borders and The Reader, pp. vii, 360, frontispiece of Holmes at Age 65 by J. A. J Wilcox and six steel engravings by William L. Shepard. Volume IV Over The Teacups, pp. 11, 319, indexed, frontispiece steel engraving of Holmes at age 80 after an oil by Edwin T. Billings and five engravings by H. Winthrop Pierce. Volume V Elsie Venner. A Romance of Destiny , pp. xvi, 487, indexed. Frontispiece steel engraving of Holmes at age 45 by Halpin & Andrews and five engravings by F. V. Dumond. Volume VI The Guadian Angel, pp. xvi, 431, indexed. Frontispiece engraving of Holmes at age 70 etched by S. A. Schoff and five steel engravings after paintings by Frank T. Merrill. Volume VII A Moral Antipathy First Opening of the New Portfolio, pp. vi, 307. Frontispiece steel engraving of Holmes at age 75, engraved by J. A.J. Wilcox and five engravings by Irwin R. Wiles. Volume VIII Pages From an Old Volume of Life. A collection of Essays 1857-1881, pp. vi, 433. Frontispiece steel engraving of Holmes at age 69 after a photograph by Conly and four engravings. Volume IX Medical Essays 1842-1882, pp. xvii, 445. Frontispiece engraving of Holmes at age 70 from a photograph by Notman, four steel engravings. Volume X Over a Hundred Days in Europe, pp. 301, indexed. Frontispiece engraving of Holmes at age 82 from an oil by Sara W. Whitman and four steel engravings. Volume XI Ralph Waldo Emerson John Lothrop Motley Two Memoirs, pp. xi, 284. Frontispiece and seven halftones. Volume XII-XIII The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes Volume I. Frontis and six halftones. Volume II, pp. xi, 442, with index to Vols XII & XIII. Illustrated with frontispiece and 8 steel engravings by Howard Pyle, Frank T. Merrill, and Frank Woodbury. Volume XIV-XV The Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes by John T. Morse Jr. Volume I, pp. vi, 358. Illustrated with frontispiece and 9 halftones. Volume II, pp. 335 with index to both volumes. Illustrated with frontispiece and 7 halftones.
Seller: Antiquarian Bookshop, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Price: US$487.79 + shipping
Description: The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Artists' Edition, illustrated with steel portraits and photogravures. Thirteen volume set, plus match 2 volume set of the Life and Letters. All bound in 1/2 vellum. Limited edition #435 of 750 total printed. These were printed in 3 bindings; linen cloth; 1/2 vellum; 3/4 leather. Clean uncut pages, tight binding to all volumes, hinges solid, 1/2 vellum boards show light soil and edge wear to silken portion Clean uncut pages, tight binding
Seller: HGG Books, Slingerlands, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 14 volume set. Fine bindings. Gorgeous. 3/4 smooth leather bindings. Marbled boards, edges, and end pages. Fine gold inlaid spines. Red leather spine labels. Tactilely pleasing. Clean, white, unmarked pages. All bindings strong. Covers handsome. A handsome set. Riverside edition. See our pictures. Riverside edition Volumes Include: The Professor at the Breakfast Table, The Poet at the Breakfast Table, Over the Teacups, Elsie Venner, The Guardian Angel, A Mortal Antipathy, Pages from Old Volume of Life, Medical Essays, Our Hundred Day in Europe, Ralph Waldo Emerson - John Lothrop Motley, Poetical works in three volumes I, II, III. Also includes: Holmes's Complete Poetical Works (Household edition) printed in 1900. This volume contain's Holmes's last poems. It compliments the Riverside set, but the leather is slightly darker. A very handsome volume and nice addition. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 15 volumes. Original half white vellum and gilt red silk over boards, octavos (5.5 x 8.75 inches), illustrated with photogravure plates, facsimiles. Card autographed by Oliver Wendell Holmes and dated Boston, Dec. 26th 1889 mounted to front pastedown. BAL 9214 (exc. Life & Letters). Though the delicate red silk has deteriorated somewhat the gilt vellum spines are unblemished and the set looks very attractive on the shelf. Silk quite rubbed at edges and corners with boards exposed, vellum spines quite clean and unworn, some foxing, some inner hinges starting.
Seller: Chanticleer Books, ABAA, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Fifteen octavo volumes, very nicely and uniformly bound in three quarter reddish/burgandy morocco, raised bands, gilt titles and decorated spine compartments. Marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt. Number 641 of 750 copies printed of the "Artist's Edition". Owner name on front endpaper of each volume, else contents near fine. Spines somewhat darkened, some fraying to spine ends of two volumes, two boards detached but present, thus very good or better.
Seller: James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA, Palm Desert, CA, U.S.A.
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell,. The Works. (Artist's Edition). 13 Bde.. Boston Houghton and Mifflin, 1892.
Price: US$703.31 + shipping
Description: Gr.-8vo. Zusammen über 5150 S. mit 13 radierten Signets der "Riverside Press" auf den Titeln, zusammen 5 Bildnisse Holmes' in Stahlstich auf aufgewalztem China, 78 Bildtafeln in Lichtdruck auf aufgewalztem China. Dekorative Original-Halbpergmentbände mit reicher Rückenvergoldung, goldgeprägtem Außentitel und Kopfgoldschnitt (Deckelkanten etwas beschabt, Ecken teilweise leicht bestoßen, unbeschnitten, äußere Schnittkante gebräunt. Mit Wappenexlibris von Amos Lawrence Edwards.). Nr. 257 von 750 Exemplaren der "Artist's Edition" in einem schönen, zweifarbigen Druck von "The Riverside Presse", Cambridge (Mass.), auf festem Bütten.- Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894), in Cambridge/Mass. geboren, war Professor der Anatomie in Harvard und Autor reformerischer medizinischer Schriften. Während seine Gedichte und seine Romane, die auf wissenschaftlichen und medizinischen Erkentnissen seiner Zeit fußen (Darwin, Vererbungslehre etc.), heute fast vergessen sind, lebt sein literarischer Ruhm in seinen Essays in Gestalt fiktiver Gespräche einer Tafelrunde fort. Diese Tischgespräche enthalten eine glückliche Mischung aus Phantasie und Realität und vereinen Erlebnisse, Skizzen, Anekdoten, beschreibende Passagen, Gedichte und Betrachtungen über Lebensführung und Lebensart.- Als Supplemente erschienen noch "Life and Letters" von J. T. Morse. Sprache: Englisch
Seller: Zentralantiquariat Leipzig GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavos. Extensively illustrated with steel portraits and photogravures. Bound into volume one is a signed letter from Holmes (ASL) dated Boston, Jan 16 1858. Beautifully bound in 3/4 red leather with marble boards and endpapers. 5 Raised leather bands to spines. Gilt top foredges, as well as gilt spine lettering and floral design. Light toning to the spine. Some rubbing to the edges of the boards. Limited to 750 sets of the Artists's Edition, this being set 170. There is a gouge to the edge of the front board of volumes 8 and 9 and to the top of vol 13. Small tear to front endpaper of vol 9. Volume I: The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. Vol II: The Professor at the Breakfast Table. Vol III: The Poet at the Breakfast Table. Vol IV: Over the Teacups. Vol V: Elsie Venner. Vol VI: The Guardian Angel. Vol VII: A Mortal Antipathy. Vol VIII: Pages from an Old Volume of Life. Vol IX: Medical Essays. Vol X: Our Hundred Days in Europe. Vol XI: Ralph Waldo Emerson John Lothrop Motley Two Memoirs. Vol XII: The Poetical Works Volume I. Volume XIII: The Poetical Works Volume II. The final two volumes at Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes by John T. Morse, Jr in two volumes. BAL 9214.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
HOLMES Oliver Wendell. Works. , 1892.
Price: US$4200.00 + shipping
Description: HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. Works. Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1892. Fifteen volumes bound in thirty. Octavo, later three-quarter navy morocco, raised bands, patterned boards and endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut and unopened. $4200."Artists" edition, number 672 of 750 sets, illustrated with steel-engraved portraits and photogravures, some of which are hand-colored.Father of the celebrated jurist of the same name, Holmes (1809-94) "reigned supreme in Boston society and club life and became the unofficial poet laureate of all important gatherings in the intellectual "hub of the Universe" (Hart, 176). BAL 9214. Fine condition.
Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.