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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table - Every Man His Own Boswell by Oliver Wendell Holmes Published by Phillips, Sampson And Company Boston 1858 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Book/DJ Condition: G 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 373 pp; Famous work of literature by Oliver Wendell Holmes. With b&w illustrations. First edition/First state. With period after the word COMPANY in the imprint on title page. Front and back pastedowns are ads, first free end page also ads (3 pages total) , dampstain on advert FEP. The "Poetry and Drama" advert end page in rear is not present, though "school books" is present on rear pastedown. Brown pebbled cloth stamped in blind with gilt spine lettering, three gilt fleur-de-lys ringed and publisher logo in circle at heel. Eight woodcut illustrations with tissue guards. A Grolier American 100 book. Pages are secure and intact though front ad page and free end pages are not as secure. Both boards attached but loose. Spine has chip at top and is is detaching from spine. Ref. BAL 8781 ISBN: none Keywords: Literature, Classics,

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