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1911 Autocrat Poet & Professor at the Breakfast Table Wendell Holmes 3 x Vol Set (1 of 5)
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1911 Autocrat Poet & Professor at the Breakfast Table Wendell Holmes 3 x Vol Set

REF: ES1957-B12 / LA517901
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Description
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, The Poet at the Breakfast Table & The Professor at the Breakfast Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes Three volume set... all illustrated by H. M. Brock All published by J. M. Dent & Sons, London 1911 & 1913 Hardbacks bound in fine half leather bindings by Riviere & Sons. Frontis illustration to all books with numerous illustrations full page and among text, marbled endpapers, top page edges gilt. Each book measures approx 7.5" x 5 inches
measurements
Height:
7.5 in
Width:
5 in
declaration
Elder Books & Collectables has clarified that the 1911 Autocrat Poet & Professor at the Breakfast Table Wendell Holmes 3 x Vol Set (LA517901) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1911 & 1913
condition
Two books with minor fading to cloth at top of front boards, inscription to front endpaper on one book, minor foxing mostly to front & last couple of pages on the autocrat otherwise a near fine set with gilt to spines bright, no cracking to hinges & nearly all pages clean & bright.
location
This 1911 Autocrat Poet & Professor at the Breakfast Table Wendell Holmes 3 x Vol Set is located in Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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