The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
- Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858
Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858. Very Good. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858. First Edition, First Printing with period after company on title page, added title page vignette, and three fleur-de-lis, each within a ring, to spine.
Octavo. 373 pages with "Works of Permanent Value" front endpapers and "Poetry and the Drama" and "School Books" rear endpapers. Eight black and white plates with tissue guards in addition to added title page. Brown cloth boards stamped in blind with curved inner corners and gilt decoration to spine.
Boards worn with exposure to extremities and slightly heavier loss to spine ends. Binding is sound. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Pages a bit toned but unmarked.
[BAL 8781].
Octavo. 373 pages with "Works of Permanent Value" front endpapers and "Poetry and the Drama" and "School Books" rear endpapers. Eight black and white plates with tissue guards in addition to added title page. Brown cloth boards stamped in blind with curved inner corners and gilt decoration to spine.
Boards worn with exposure to extremities and slightly heavier loss to spine ends. Binding is sound. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Pages a bit toned but unmarked.
[BAL 8781].