The Poet at the Breakfast Table. First Edition, Second State, 1883

HOLMES, Oliver Wendell (1809?1894)

Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company / The Riverside Press, Boston and New York, 1883

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HOLMES, Oliver Wendell (1809?1894). The Poet at the Breakfast Table. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, 1883.

First Edition, Second State. Octavo (8vo). 418 pp. Publisher's original brown pebbled cloth, blind-stamped with the Riverside Press device to the front board and gilt lettering to the spine. Frontispiece wood engraving present with original tissue guard intact. Navy blue endpapers.

One of Oliver Wendell Holmes's most enduring later works, blending literary reflection, philosophy, humor, and social commentary. Issued during the height of Holmes's prominence among the Fireside Poets, the volume forms the final installment of the celebrated "Breakfast Table" series that began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table.

Contents clean and unmarked with light, even toning. Gift inscription dated 1883 to the front free endpaper. Binding remains sound and square. Light wear to extremities with minor fraying at spine ends and gentle bumping to corners.
[Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover.].

Seller Inventory # 2024OWH20F1883

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Poet at the Breakfast Table. First Edition, Second State, 1883
• Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company / The Riverside Press, Boston and New York
• Publication Date: 1883
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback, cloth
• Edition: 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • 19th Century Literature
  • First Editions
  • Americana
  • Literature and Classics
  • Illustrated
  • Poetry
  • Humor & Satire (Literary)