HOLMES, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894). The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. Boston: Phillips, Samson and Company; Cincinnati: Rickey, Mallory & Co., 1858. Quarter morocco slipcase. First issue, multiple imprint A. BAL 8781; Johnson High Spots 41. -- Currents and Counter-Currents in Medical Science. With Other Addresses and Essays. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861. BAL 8794. -- Elsie Venner: A Romance of Destiny. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861. Two volumes. Probable fourth printing. BAL 8801. -- Soundings from the Atlantic. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. BAL 8829. -- Songs of Many Seasons. 1862-1874. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1875. First printing. BAL 8895. Together 6 volumes, all FIRST EDITIONS, 12o and 8o, original bindings. Provenance: Frederick W. Skiff (bookplates in some); Estelle Doheny (paper bookplates). (6)

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HOLMES, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894). The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. Boston: Phillips, Samson and Company; Cincinnati: Rickey, Mallory & Co., 1858. Quarter morocco slipcase. First issue, multiple imprint A. BAL 8781; Johnson High Spots 41. -- Currents and Counter-Currents in Medical Science. With Other Addresses and Essays. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861. BAL 8794. -- Elsie Venner: A Romance of Destiny. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861. Two volumes. Probable fourth printing. BAL 8801. -- Soundings from the Atlantic. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. BAL 8829. -- Songs of Many Seasons. 1862-1874. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1875. First printing. BAL 8895. Together 6 volumes, all FIRST EDITIONS, 12^o and 8^o, original bindings. Provenance: Frederick W. Skiff (bookplates in some); Estelle Doheny (paper bookplates). (6)

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