HOLMES, Oliver Wendell.—Astræa: the balance of illusions. A poem delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Yale College, August 14, 1850, by Oliver Wendell Holmes . . . Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields. MDCCCL. 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by David.
First edition.
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell.—The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table . . . Boston Phillips, Sampson and Company MDCCCLVIII. 12mo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by David.
First issue of the first edition, with woodcut half-title, which was omitted from a large portion of the edition, and from all later issues, and eight other illustrations, engraved on wood after the designs of Hoppin.
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell.—The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. 1858. 12mo, brown levant morocco, gilt back with mosaic centre, gilt over untrimmed edges, by Rivière.
Second issue of the first edition, without the woodcut half-title. Eight illustrations by Hoppin.
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell.—The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table. . . . Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company MDCCCLIX. 8vo, red levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
Large paper copy, with eight illustrations after Hoppin. Presentation copy to George A. Bethune.
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell.—The Professor at the Breakfast-Table; with the Story of Iris. By Oliver Wendell Holmes . . . Boston: Ticknor and Fields . . . MDCCCLX. 12mo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by David.
First edition.