The Professor at the Breakfast Table with The Story of Iris : Volume II Holmes, Oliver Wendell
JB14830 Houghton Mifflin and Company : Riverside Edition Boston, Massachusetts, USA 1891 Revised Edition Hard Cover Good Red cloth on boards. 332 pp. includes index. From the writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes in thirteen volumes. Volume has front hinge starting at the half title page, wear to all edges. The Title Plate on the spine is intact, with rubbing and scratches. Now in protective wrap. From Wikipedia: "Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was an American physician, professor, lecturer, and author. Regarded by his peers as one of the best writers of the 19th century, he is considered a member of the Fireside Poets. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series. The Professor at the Breakfast-Table, the second in the series, is based upon fictionalized breakfast table talk and including poetry, stories, jokes and songs, was released shortly after beginning in serialized installments in The Atlantic Monthly, in January 1859 and was a sequel to The Autocrat at the Breakfast-Table which appeared in the magazine's first issue." $17.50USD Click here to order or message the dealer
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