From the Breakfast Table Series, and Pages from an Old Volume on Life

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1883

Language: English

Condition: Used - Near fine Hardcover

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A beautiful edition. Modern Classics Edition Signature of former owner on the leaf. Minor dings to corners. 329 pages Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Career: Physician, professor (Harvard Medical School Dean), poet, and writer.
Literary Works: A "Fireside Poet," known for "Old Ironsides" and the "Breakfast-Table" series. Medical Contributions: Credited with discovering the contagiousness of puerperal fever and coining the term "anesthesia".

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Title: From the Breakfast Table Series, and Pages from an Old Volume on Life
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston
Publication Date: 1883
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Dimensions: 4 inches width by 5.5 inches height by 0.75 inches depth
Weight: 8 ounces

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