HOLMES, Oliver Wendell

A moral antipathy. First opening of the new portfolio.

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1885. 8vo. [vi], 307 pp., plus a 13-page catalogue of publisher’s advertisements. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. Original green beveled cloth, winged urn in gilt to top cover, in blind to bottom cover; top edges gilt. Though not unopened, the book appears to have never been read. Item #18174

First edition, first printing according to the points provided in C& T. Originally named The New Portfolio when it appeared in successive numbers in The Atlantic Monthly, the name was changed here to A mortal antipathy for its first book form.

Price: $200.00