HOLMES, Oliver Wendell

The professor at the breakfast table; with the story of Iris.

Boston and Philadelphia: Ticknor and Fields; J.B. Lippincott, 1860. 12mo. [iv], 410 pp. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Original pebbled brown cloth, decorated in blind. Aside from a loose gathering, a lovely copy, with a clean binding and interior. Item #12272

First edition in book form. With the rare double imprint. This work first appeared serially in The Atlantic Monthly. It contained the first printing of several poems, including De Sauty, The opening of the piano, The two streams, and Under the violets. BAL, 8791; C&T, p. 88.

Price: $600.00