The Autocrat, The Professor, & The Poet at the Breakfast Table

Three smart uniformly bound volumes of essays from American author Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Complete in three volumes. Each volume contains a collection of essays formed of a chiefly one-sided dialogue between the unnamed Author and the other residents of a New England boarding house known only by their profession, location at the table or similar defining characteristics. The topics discussed in each essay range from the unexpected benefits of old age to the finest place to site a dwelling, and comments on the nature of conversation itself. This set includes: The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. The Professor at the Breakfast-Table. The Poet at the Breakfast-Table. Written by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., an American physician, poet, and polymath. Dated from the British Library. Bound in half calf with marbled boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Minor loss at the head of the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Very Good. …