1858 THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE 1st HOLMES

YOU WILL NOT FIND AT A BETTER PRICE!!!This is the 1858 First edition,First printing of the book titled The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table.Written by Oliver Wendell Holmes.Published by Phillips,Sampson and Co.,Boston.373 pages,all excellent.Has 8 illustrations.Has first printing points-Has a period after Company on title page.Front page ad reads "Works of Permanent Value"Ads in back of book are titled "Poetry and Drama" and "School Books".Also has four gilt designs on spine.Also contains the first printing of his two of his most famous poems-"The Chambered Nautilus" and "The One Hoss Shay".Brown pebbled covers good.Small split on bottom of spine.Dealers ask up to $1000.00 for this very book.Extermely rare.The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858) is a collection of essays written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. The essays were originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1857 and 1858 before being collected in book form. The essays take the form of a chiefly one-sided dialogue between the unnamed Author and the other residents of a New England boarding house who are known only by their profession, location at the table or other defining characteristics. The topics discussed range from an essay on the unexpected benefits of old age to the finest place to site a dwelling and comments on the nature of conversation itself. The tone of the book is distinctly Yankee and takes a seriocomic approach to the subject matter.As befits Holmes' reputation as one of America's finest poets, each essay typically ends with a poem on the theme of the essay. There are also poems ostensibly written by the fictional disputants scattered throughout.

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