- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
AbeBooks seller since September 25, 1996
Condition: Used - Fine
US$ 1,200.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
418p., 8vo, green cloth with bevelled edges, stamped in gilt. Boston: Osgood, 1872. First Edition. Fine, in a cloth slipcase. First issue, with "Talle" in the running head on p. 9. A tight, clean copy. Laid in is a 2 1/2 page autograph letter signed from Holmes, May 20, 1892, explaining at great length why he cannot participate in the next celebration of the National Anniversary. "The time has come when it is a matter of necessity for me to avoid publicity as much as possible and to excuse myself from these lesser literary talks which I have willingly undertaken in former years.I feel them collectively as so many leaden weights.I can write, as you see pretty well but my eyesight is imperfect .and I depend more and more on the pen of my secretary.Every time my name is printed as participating.it brings on more invitations to answer ane more excuses to make." Holmes was to die 2 years later.
Seller Inventory # 329264
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Poet at the Breakfast Table
- Author
- HOLMES, Oliver W.
- Publisher
- Osgood, Boston
- Publication year
- 1872
- Condition
- fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- hardcover
- Edition
- First.
Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
New York, NY, U.S.A.
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 6 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 6.00 | US$ 11.00 |
Payment methods
Store description
We are a large retail store, with 6 floors of out-of-print and rare books, (including Americana, modern first editions, history of medicine and science), antique maps and prints, autograph manuscripts, letters & signatures.
Specialty
Americana, Art, Autographs, History of Medicine, Modern First Editions, Antique Prints & Maps, Rare Books, Women, World History, Scholarly Books on All SubjectsAssociation member
Seller's business information
Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
116 East 59th Street
New York, NY U.S.A. 10022
Terms of sale
All items are offered net, subject to prior sale.
Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt -- please contact us first.
Payment by VISA, MASTERCARD & AMERICAN EXPRESS.
Appropriate sales tax will be added for all New York State residents.
Argosy Book Store, Inc.
Benjamin Lowry
116 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022
USA
telephone 212-753-4455
fax 212-593-4784
email argosy@argosybooks.com
Shipping terms
Orders usually ship within 2 business days. Shipping costs are estimates based on an "average" book weighing 2 pounds and measuring no more than 10 x 7 inches. If your book(s) are heavy and/or large, we may contact you to request extra shipping charges...
DOMESTIC SHIPPING:
Media Mail (Book rate) is $4.00 for 1st volume and $2.00 for each additional volume.
Priority mail is $11.00 for 1st volume and $3.00 for each additional volume.
UPS is $14.00 for 1st volume, $3.00 for each additional volume.
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING:
Books of "average" size might be sent overseas via Global Priority Airmail for $35.00 each volume, but oversized or overweight books must be sent by other methods or carriers, and will almost certainly cost more, depending on the actual weight.