Autocrat Breakfast Table, Signed (34 results)

Hardback. Condition: VG Minus. R.j. Holden (illustrator). Limited to 1500 Copies. A very good copy in the publihser slipcase. Laid-in is the Monthly Newletter on this title and also a seperate slip 'Number Two" regarding the printing of the book . etc. Signed by the illustrater in ink on the limitation page which is numbered by rubber stamp. Has light wear to the white spine and title label and to the slipcase which has some medium wear. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Clean pages. Inscription and 2 pencil markings on front, end page.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. No. 207 of 1500 copies; signed by the illustrator. Numerous sepia-toned illustrations. Condition: spine slightly soiled; else near fine in near fine slipcase. 281 pages. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase. R. J. Holden (illustrator). Cream cloth boards, pastedown on spinecover chipped on edges. Prior owner name on fep. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding sound. Slipcase scuffed and rubbed. Limited #1113. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Illustrator. Ex Libris.

With an introduction by Van Wyck Brooks. xvi, 281 [1] pp. Illustrations by R. J. Holden. 8vo, publisher's beveled cloth with leather label on spine and illustration applied to front and rear panels; in slipcase. First of this edition; No. 678 of 1500 copies signed by R. J. Holden. Spine tanned with a few little abrasions to the spine label; some discoloration to the cloth sides; otherwise fine in a slipcase with a little soiling and wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First printing of this edition. 7" x 10 1/2" hardcover bound in cream colored English buckram with a leather spine label stamped in gold. Near fine condition. Tanning to the book's spine. Dust soiling to the covers. This edition is #47 of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator R.J. Holden. Shipping weight is three pounds. Additional shipping charges will apply to international orders. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. R.J. Holden (illustrator). Hand-numbered 1473 out of 1500. (Number 1473 matches with several of our other LEC books that are listed and soon to be listed. However, original owner of the number must have despised slipcases, because they are all gone from the 16 books with this number that we acquired at an auction.). Signed by artist.

R. J. Holden (illustrator). First Edition, thus. Large 8vo, pp. 281. Bound in publisher's (slightly soiled) cloth. One of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator. This is copy "J. M. W." The book was planned by Carl Purington Rogers of the Yale University Press in New Haven, CT. Lacks the box.

Hardcover. Limited Edition. Quarto. Brown slipcase with black lettering on rear foredge, ivory cloth over boards, illustrated plate on covers, brown leather title plate on spine with gilt lettering, introduction by Van Wyck Brooks, number 559 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. Very good, discoloration to edges of slipcase, discoloration to spine.

Hardcover. Raymond J. Holden (illustrator). Octavo (6-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in cream buckram with beveled edges, a gilt-stamped leather spine label, and drawings by the artist embedded in the front and rear covers. Introduction by Van Wyck Brooks. Designed by Calr Purington Rollins and printed at Yale University Press. Illustrated by Raymond J. Holden with tinted pencil drawings in sepia. Copy #1087 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Spine of book a tad darkened. Near Fine in an about Fine slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Copy 81 of a total edition of 1500. Signed by the illustrator, R.J. Holmes. Excellent copy in slipcase.

Hardcover. 300 pages. Tinted pencil drawings by Raymond J. Holden. Introduction by Van WyckBrooks. Limited edition, copy 1474 of 1500, and signed by Holden. NEWMAN & WICHE 257. Full cream buckram, gold-stamped leather label with drawings by the artist inset at covers. Fine in fine slipcase.

8vo. xxi[i], 318pp including decorated title-page printed in blue and brown, frontis, plates within the pagination, text illustrations (some full-page). Contemporary full crushed morocco signed by Bickers & Son, raised bands, spine lettered direct, marbled eps, teg o/w uncut. Extremes very lightly rubbed; binding somewhat faded; light spotting to ffep.

HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, With an Introduction by Van Wyck Brooks and Illustrations by R.J. Holden. 4to. Orig. cloth with paper labels in publisher's slipcase. N.Y.: The Limited Editions Club, 1955. Limited to 1,500 copies planned by Carl P. Rollins, printed at the Yale University Press and signed by the artist. A very fine copy with the publisher's prospectus laid in. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, mixed issue, first issue of ads to rear endpapers with "Poetry and the Drama" and "School Books" heading rear endpapers, 2nd issue title without vignette. Octavo, publisher's brown cloth lettered, ruled and decorated in blind at the boards, and gilt at the spine with 4 ring decorations to spine (shaken, a couple middle signatures not square with rest of text block, small chip to the protruding fore-edges of those signatures, heavy rubbing to extremities including chips with loss at spine ends, upper joint starting, but hinges solid, else a good copy). A clipped signature of author affixed to front blank. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Introduction by Van Wyck Brooks. Illustrations by R.J. Holden. Small 4to. Cream cloth over bevel-edged boards with gilt-lettered calf spine label and pictorial plate to front and rear boards, slipcase. xvi, 281pp. Numerous brown-tone line drawings. Near fine/very good. Spine (only) lightly age toned; mild slipcase wear. Tight and handsome LEC edition of the second title in their 24th series. Interestingly subtitled "Every Man his own Boswell" on half-title page (only!), this fiction-like essay collection by the New England poet and physician (1809-94) has rear colophon noting limitation of 1500 numbered copies (this #269) signed boldly by illustrator Holden. First published in book form in 1858, the LEC edition includes not only the original preface but also those from the 1882 and 1891 editions. Laid in are the relevant "Monthly Letter" and the small printed announcement for this title. NEWMAN 257.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Volume 1 only of a 13 volume set. Limited to 750 copies, this being no. 640. There is a tipped-in handwritten letter signed by Holmes in the prelims. 3/4 red leather with marbled boards, hubbed spine, titled in gilt, TEG, marbled endpages. Illustrated with steel portraits and photogravures. Tissued frontis portrait. Boards are lightly rubbed/soiled and there is a dampstain to heel that encroaches the margins of pages. Still a sound copy. ; Vol. 1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. 4to. pp. xvi, [2], 280, [3]. 32 russet colour illus. buckram with 2 illus. mounted on covers. slipcase. Edition limited to 1,500 numbered copies, signed by the Artist. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Card signed by Holmes & dated Boston, 1883, mounted to preliminary blank. Slight fading & a bit of wear to spine ends; contents slightly shaken, else very good. 373 pp. Wood-engraved title page & plates. (small 8vo), original cloth. [SIGNED]. Signed by Author(s).

Original blue cloth, gilt. Mild rubbing and slightly shaken but a very good bright copy in a rare cloth color. Tipped in is a card signed in full by Holmes, dated at Boston, January 27, 1776. The first of Holmes' four breakfst-table books, and the source of his most frequently quated phrases (Boston as a hub of the Universe; the mutual admiration society, The Chambered Nautilus, etc.). Invariably found in dull tan cloth, but also issued in red, blue, green, black, and purple cloth. Colors other than tan are seldom encountered in the first printing. Currier-Tilton, pp. 69-73. BAL 8781. Johnson Highspot. Grolier American Hundred 69. Literature, Americana, American Literature. KHS.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Large Paper Edition. ALS tipped-in to the front endpaper. Near Fine. Brown pebbled cloth, lightly rubbed at the head and foot of the spine. Square and firmly bound with gilt edges, hinges with minor expert strengthening. An early state of the text with the illustrations, a later state binding with "Ticknor & Co" on the spine. Signed.

12mo, original cloth, chemise, half-morocco slipcase. viii, 373, (3) pages. First edition, first state (BAL 8781). An autographed letter, signed, by Holmes has been loosely inserted. With engraved decorative title page and the correct printed end-papers. Spine of slipcase lightly faded. Only a hint of rubbing to the original cloth binding, else in fine condition. Autobiographical preface by the author. index. Advertisements of other works by the publisher precede and follow the text. Engraved black and white illustrations. Listed on both the "High Spots" and the "You Know These Lines!" lists. The volume is indubitably one of the greatest collections of essays issued since Lamb. Contains such noted poems as "The Chambered Nautilus" and "The One-Hoss-Shay." original cloth, chemise, half-morocco slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY ROWFANT IN FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE AND DETAILS TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS, PASTE DOWNS AND BRIGHT GILT END PAGES. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND MINIMAL FOXING. ILLUSTRATED, BOOK MEASURES 7.25"x4.75". FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, ALS TIPPED IN FRONT OF BOOK SIGNED BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. 165 YEARS OLD. A STUNNING EXAMPLE IN SCARCE ROWFANT BINDING.

1st edition, 1st issue, with period after Company and vignette title present. Octavo, attractively rebound in brown calf, with the original cloth (with three fleur-de-lis) preserved at rear, gilt-decorated spine, morocco labels, silk endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut, viii, 373 pp. Frontis. portrait, vignette title. (BAL 8781; Grolier American 100, 69.) With a four-page Autograph Letter Signed by the author laid-in. The letter is dated Oct. 19, 1877, and is addressed to his then publisher, "Dear Mr. Osgood," with Holmes' comments regarding "Miss [Elizabeth Stuart] Phelps's Story of Avis." Holmes' observations include, "She writes with power, with analytical insight, with passion and frightens one almost with her lifts of aspiration. and it is refreshing to get a few wild-notes of humanity from it, such as she gives now and then." At the time of the letter, James Osgood was both Holmes' and Phelps' publisher. The Phelps title has been "rediscovered" in the past twenty years or so, and is now considered a classic feminist novel. Literature, Feminism, Women's Studies.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. 22nd Thousand. Early Edition, 22nd thousand. Original embossed boards, brown cloth, original endpapers, no bookplates, no writing. Some dampstaining on prelliminary leaves. Warmly inscribed. "My dear. Please accept with my cordial thanks, very truly yours O.W. Holmes.". By Author.

Duodecimo, rebound in modern goat, preserving the original pebbled brown cloth that is decorated in blind with curved borders, circular device at center and four ringed fleur-de-lis, morocco labels, top edge gilt, silk endpapers, [i-ii], [i]-373 pp. BAL 8781; Grolier American 100, 69). With Holmes' Impressions of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps' Classic, The STory of Avis. Laid-in this copy is a 4-page Autograph Letter Signed by Holmes, dated Oct. 19th, 1877, opening, "Dear Mr. Osgood // My small dual house - / hold has been reading / Miss [Elizabeth Stuart] Phelps's Story of Avis / with very great interest. / I was the last of the two / to read it, having been / much occupied when it / came. I am very willing / to let others criticise its / details and will content / myself with saying in a / very few words what its chief / merit seems to be. It is really. / the Story of Avis, and not much / else - a vivsection of a woman - / by a woman. None but a woman / could have got so many thrills / out of these tense nerves. A complex / nature - a harp of a thousand / strings -- played upon by hands / not the commonest nor the coarsest." Later in the letter: "She writes with power, with / analytical insight, with passion / and frightens one almost with / her lifts of aspiration." And later ends, "I am not an expert in novels / and do not like to thrust / my judgment on the public, but / I amuch obliged to you for / the book and all the excitement / and the great pleasure it has / given the two readers beneath / my roof. // Very truly yours // O. W. Holmes." At the time of the letter James Osgood was publisher for both Holmes and Phelps. The Story of Avis has been "rediscovered" in the past twenty years or so, and is now considered a classic feminist novel. Literature, American Literature. KHS - X19.

First Edition. First edition. Collection of essays originally published in The Atlantic Monthly 1857-58. Correct first printing per BAL with period following "Company" in publisher's imprint on title page, extra-illustrated vignette title page present, and pp. [375-6] blank (versus with ads). In binding "A" with spine decorated with 3 ringed fleur-de-lis (versus 4) above publisher's ringed monogram; and pale buff endpapers with advertisements headed "Works of Permanent Value," etc. (versus various colors unprinted or with ads headed "Miscellaneous"). [BAL 8781.1.A] 8vo brown pebbled cloth with blind-stamped boards and gilt-stamped spine; illustrated with 8 tissue-protected plates (plus vignette title page); 373 pages including index. Very good with evident professional repair to spine and title page starting. This copy was that of one Isabella R. Odiorne who inscribed her name and the date "1858" at head of the vignette title page, carefully copied a few inspirational verses on rear blanks, and laid a poem clipped from a newspaper between pp. 242/3 (no offset present). Signed.

Hardcover. Forty-Ninth Edition. Octavo (5" x 7-1/2") in original gilt-decorated green cloth. A Grolier American 100 book. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front blank: "Harold C. Ernst/with the kind regards of/Oliver Wendell Holmes./August 7th 1888." Laid in is an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED from the author to Dr. Ernst dated 28 February 1891 thanking him for a lecture he sent to Holmes and asking Ernst to keep him informed of the progress in the new department in which he is involved. In full: "I am much obliged to you for your interesting Lecture which I sat down and read as soon as I received it. Therefore you should continue to keep us all informed from time to time of the progress making in this wonderful new department of science to which you are directing yourself." Holmes may be referring to a meeting of the New York Academy of Medicine on 16 October 1890 when Ernst spoke on the rabies virus and vaccination. (Louis Pasteur and Emile Roux developed the first rabies vaccine in 1885.) Apparently a copy that was once owned by Holmes himself as his bookplate is on the front pastedown. Laid in is a 1980 receipt from a bookseller selling each of these two items separately for one hundred and fifty dollars each. Dr. Harold C. Ernst was first a star pitcher on the baseball team at Harvard and later a professor of bacteriology and pathology at Harvard Medical School. In 1919 he was the first recipient in America of the Gold-Headed Cane Award. Contents clean; mild rubbing to spine tips. Near Fine.

Hardcover. Revised Edition. Small octavo (3-1/4" x 5-5/8") in original flexible blue cloth. A Grolier American 100 book, this would be a run-of-the-mill copy but for the remarkable holograph additions by Holmes within. On the recto of the ad page before the title page announcing other titles by Holmes the author has handwritten the last and best known stanza of his famous poem "The Last Leaf"--"And if I should live to be/The last leaf upon the tree/In the spring,/Let them smile, as I do now,/At the old forsaken bough/Where I cling"--and SIGNED with his initials and the dates 1831 and 1890 corresponding to the date of authorship and the date of the inscription. There is some light feathering to the ink on some of the words which is likely why the poem is lightly striked with an x in pencil and written out AGAIN by Holmes on the light yellow front endpaper, again in ink, and SIGNED as before. In addition, on the front blank between the two pages with the holograph manuscript, the author has INSCRIBED and SIGNED the book: Dr. W. E. Rust/with the kind regards of/Oliver Wendell Holmes." Dr. Rust was a surgeon operating in California in the 1850s and was contracted by the U.S. Government in the 1870s to work with the Apaches. Some toning to the text. Neatly and recently rebacked retaining the original spine, the cloth clean and bright. Near Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. PRESENTATION COPY - ARTHUR SWANN'S COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE. 1 volume, illustrated, inscribed on the half-title by Holmes which reads "Ms David,/ old friend "Lucy Stimson"/ from Oliver Wendell Holmes/ Sept. 15th 1860." Bound in the publishers pebble grained brown cloth, covers stamped in blind, mild overall handling, housed in a 1/2 brown morocco slipcase, ribbed gilt decorated spine. This work was first published in 1858 and is one of the elder Holmes' more popular literary works. The work is a series of essays. A heterogeneous collection of boarders gather around a table, providing an audience for the wit and philosophy of the Autocrat. The essays take the form of conversations that generally develop into monologues. Cleverly and epigram-matically, the seemingly disconnected, is unified by the recurring themes and personalities.