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Oliver Wendell Holmes

The Autocrat Of The Breakfast-Table Inscribed by Richard Henry Dana

Phillips, Sampson and Company

1858

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The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes, inscribed by American politician Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

  • Oliver Wendell Holmes (American).
  • Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858.
  • Inscribed on the second blank endleaf "Dr. Charles H. (Hinckley) Wetmore from his much indebted friend Rich. H. Dana Jr. Nov. 1859 Author of 2 yrs before the mast."
  • Bound in the publisher's original blind stamped pebble grained brown cloth, gilt lettered spine.


Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., father of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., had a connection with Richard Henry Dana Jr. They were schoolmates at a school in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, when Holmes Sr. was ten years old.

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Some mild toning to pages, hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine.

Minor signs of age and handling.

 

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Language

English

Subject

American Literature, Social Sciences, Travel and Exploration, Autographed and Signed Material, Essays, Politics and Law, American History

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