HOLMES, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894). Astraea: The Balance of Illusions. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. Provenance: Edmund Clarence Stedman (bookplate, note in Stedman’s hand on flyleaf). BAL 8757 (first printing, state B [no priority], binding A). – The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858. BAL 8781 (first printing, binding A with publisher’s advertisements as endpapers). – The Professor at the Breakfast-Table; with the Story of Iris. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. Provenance: Mary Ann Renpelack (gift inscription on flyleaf dated April 26, 1963). BAL 8791 (large-paper edition trimmed and issued as the trade edition). – Elsie Venner: A Romance of Destiny. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861. 2 volumes. Publisher’s cloth. BAL 8801 (“Probable first printing” of vol. I). – Songs in Many Keys. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862. Publisher’s cloth. BAL 8813. – The Poet at the Breakfast-Table. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. BAL 8881 (first state). – Songs of Many Seasons. 1862-1874. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. Provenance: Ralph H. Baldwin (signature on flyleaf dated Nov. 13, 1886); Chas. Baldwin (bookplate on pastedown, signature on flyleaf); R.H. Baldwin (bookplate on pastedown). BAL 8895 (printing 1). – Together, 7 works in 8 volumes, all first editions, 8vo and 12mo, original publisher’s bindings; cloth slipcases.