Oliver Wendell Holmes. The Professor at the Breakfast Table, with The Story of Iris ____________ With a letter written by the Author And Signature of the previous owner J Rogers Rees (Author of The Diversions of a Bookworm ). London: Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1860.

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Condition: Good

Description: Sampson Low, Son & Company, London, 1860. Blue Cloth. Book Condition: Good. First British Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 286 pp, index, followed by a 2-page list of titles in preparation dated 1860, curiously followed by a 16-page catalogue published by Sampson Low, Son & Marston dated 1869. Presumably, though the leaves were printed in 1860, the book was bound some 9 years later. The rear pastedown has a small sticker bearing the wording, "Bound by W Bone & Son, Fleet St London". The covers are blind-stamped and the title and author's name are set in a gilt panel on the spine. The spine and the covers are worn, and the spine has darkened. The page edges are dusty. Both hinges are sound and the binding is firm and there are no loose pages. The title page is tanned, and there is foxing to the opposite page. Includes a letter in Oliver Wendell Holmes hand, dated 1887, to J Rogers Rees, author of The Diversions of a Bookworm , who also signed the book (the envelope address has been cut and pasted to the front pastedown and is in OWH s hand). J Rogers Rees also inscribes the book to a Will Griffiths. With a letter by the Author and Inscribed by J Rogers Rees (Author of The Diversions of a Bookworm . Scarce. Condition Report Externally see above and photos Internally see above and photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1860 Binding: Cloth

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