The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table: Every Man His Own Boswell

Type: Hardback Leather-bound book published in 1900, with Introduction by Richard Burton. Delightfully charming illustrations. The Autocrat--Oliver Wendell Holmes, father of Justice of the Supreme Court Oliver Wendell Holmes--physician, poet, man of letters, wit of his day, brilliant conversationalist, author. Tooled leather binding with floral illustration tooled on front and spine, gilt titles, rounded corners; Dark brown leather with all edges rubbed to tan; inner facing to leather partially loose. Formerowner name on endpaper which page has smalll piece missing from bottom of page. Endpapers and flyleaf dingy. Frontis illustration in color, signed by Frank Merritt (I think- name is very small) Illustrated Title Page-this page has a tear to fore-edge, three-quarters of an inch. While the internals are in quite good condition, generally clean and unmarked, but there are some defects in this 1900 book, most notably pages 140-141 are dingy on top of pages; page 214 has small tear to lower edge; page 313 has tear to top edge. Altogether a unique book. xvii + 329 pages, indexed. 4.75 x 7.5 inches. 1900, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Publishers, New York, New York, USA.…