HOLMES, Oliver Wendell

Oration delivered before the city authorities of Boston, on the Fourth of July, 1863.

Boston: J.E. Farwell and Company, 1863. 4to. 75 pp. FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. Original green morocco, decorated in blind, with city seal in gilt to top cover, publisher’s device in blind to bottom cover, marbled end-papers, edges gilt. An excellent copy. Item #12283

First published edition, a large paper copy (otherwise known as the second quarto, or official edition, preceded only by the first quarto private edition). BAL, 8826; C&T, p. 115.

Price: $250.00