Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company, 1849. 12mo. x, [iv], 272 pp. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Full calf, spine gilt in compartments with red label, gilt rule borders to covers and gilt dentelles, edges gilt. With contemporary ownership inscription to front free end-paper dated Dec., 1848. ONE OF FIVE COPIES..... More
Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company, 1849. 8vo. [iv], x, [ii], 272 pp., including half-title. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. With 4 pages publisher’s advertisements between fly-leaf and paste-down. Original brown cloth, worn, chip at head of spine; interior spotting and browning. Presentation inscription from the author to Mr. Charles G...... More
London: William Paterson & Co., [n.d.]. 8vo. 320 pp. Blue cloth, decorated in blind. Inscription to title-page dated July, 1892, bookplate of the Longos. Later English reprint. Not in BAL or C&T. More
[Cambridge]: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891. Two volumes. 8vo. viii, [i], 246; 247-503 pp. Each volume with half-title and woodcut title page. Original red cloth, paper spine labels. An excellent uncut set, each volume with the bookplate of Mary Josephine Mayer. Birthday edition. Includes the poems Homesick in Heaven, Fantasia..... More
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. First edition in book form. With the rare double imprint. This..... More
London: Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1860. 8vo. 286 pp. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. With 2 pages publisher’s advertisements dated November, 1860, and a 16-page publisher’s catalogue dated June, 1863, bound into the back (different leaf size). Original blue pebbled cloth, decorated in blind. Morocco bookplate of Alfred Sutro, small bookbinders..... More
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879. 4to. 79 pp. FIRST EDITION. With engraved frontispiece, 25 cuts, and 4 engraved plates. Original decorated cloth over beveled boards, with decorated pictorial end-papers, lightly rubbed at corners, as well as head and foot of spine, small tear to top right corner of top..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. 8vo. [vi], 468 pp., plus 22-page publisher’s catalogue dated November, 1863. FIRST EDITION. Title in red and black. Full green morocco, gilt spine and dentelles, with maroon glazed end-papers. An excellent copy from the library of Jonas Bikoff with his bookplate. More
Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1867. 8vo. 45 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers. An excellent copy with presentation inscription from Mr. B.B. Kent Jr. To Dr. Sinclair on the front wrapper, and a small duplicate stamp on title. First edition of Holmes’ famous lecture. It was announced in The..... More
Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company, 1846. 8vo. 31, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Original blue printed front wrapper. Inscribed by Holmes on front wrapper to J.A. Lowell Esq. Preserved in a cloth folding case. INSCRIBED BY HOLMES. First edition of this lively poem. BAL, 8745; C&T, p. 38; Ives, 125..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, [1892]. Thirteen volumes. 8vo. xii, [i], 321; x, [i], 332; viii, [i], 360; ii, [ii], 319; xvi, [i], 487; xvi, [i], 431; vi, [ii], 307; vi, [ii], 433; xvii, [ii. Each volume with half-title and frontispiece. Half-blue morocco and marbled boards with..... More
[n.p.]: [n.p]. [n.d.]. Single sheet, folded (273 x 355 mm.). 4 pp. Two small tears at head of sheet, else fine. Sheet music for Holmes’ famous poem, which originally appeared in The Atlantic Monthly. The music was likely written by philanthropist George Peabody (1795-1869). BAL 8805, not in C&T; OCLC..... More
Boston: Carter, Hendee and Co., 1833. 8vo. vi, [ii], 96 pp. FIRST EDITION. With engraved portraits of Holmes and Benjamin laid in. Original blue cloth with paper spine label; lightly foxed. In a cloth slip-case. First edition. The Harbinger was compiled and sold to raise funds at a fair on..... More
Boston: Carter, Hendee and Co., 1833. 8vo. vi, [ii], 96 pp. FIRST EDITION. Foxing, heavy on endpapers. Gift bookplate from Isaac Mansfield to Harvard dated October 22, 1845. Original blue cloth rebacked with title in gilt on spine. First edition. The Harbinger was compiled and sold to raise funds at..... More
Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1881. 4to. [ii], 39, 18 pp. Original printed wrappers; a fine copy housed in a cloth folding case. Contains an address by Holmes, who was the president of the Association. Also includes papers by Billings, Lyman, Bowditch and others. Originally printed in the Boston Medical and Surgical..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896. Two volumes. 8vo. vi, [ii], 358; [vi], 335 pp. FIRST EDITION. With frontispiece in each volume and 10 plates. Half-calf and marbled boards with matching endpapers, spines gilt; uncut, Volume 2 partially unopened and with some dampstaining. Both with the bookplate..... More
Philadelphia: [N.P.], [1897]. 8vo. 14 pp. Frontispiece. Original printed wrappers, detached. This pamphlet contains a previously unpublished letter from Holmes to Dr. Hunt (1825-96). Hunt was a demonstrator of anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a surgeon at the Wills, Episcopal, Orthopedic and Pennsylvania Hospitals. He was..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. 8vo. xv, 214 pp. FIRST EDITION. With frontispiece and 28 plates. Original green cloth, decorated in blind and gilt, minor wear at head and foot of spine; uncut. First edition, one of 750 copies. “The following compilation aims to present the ‘Boston..... More
New Brunswick: Johnson & Johnson, [1927]. 8vo. pp. [iii], 114-134. FIRST EDITION. Original glossy printed wrappers. Complete with errata slip. First edition. Contains over portraits of the attendees of the public dinner given in honor of Holmes by the medical profession of the city of New York. C&T, p. 588..... More
New Brunswick: Johnson & Johnson, [1927]. 8vo. pp. [iii], 114-134. FIRST EDITION. Original glossy printed wrappers. Complete with errata slip. First edition. Contains over portraits of the attendees of the public dinner given in honor of Holmes by the medical profession of the city of New York. C&T, p. 588..... More
Boston: John Wilson & Son, 1853. 8vo. 20 pp. Original printed wrappers, browned and slightly soiled, wrappers torn at extremities of spine. With the ownership stamp of the New Hampshire State Library. Lists Holmes as a member and former secretary. More
London: J. Batley & J. Wood, 1735. 8vo. [xiv], 492 pp., plus 4 pages publisher's advertisements. Engraved frontispiece portrait of William Baxter, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Contemporary calf, front hinge starting. Baxter's edition of Horace is likely the best known of all translations. More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1900. 8vo. 287 pp. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. With over 70 full-page illustrations. Publisher’s tan cloth with brown felt inlay on front board and titled in gilt on cover and spine, top edge gilt. Ex-libris with a bookplate on the front paste-down (Presentation..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1904. Four volumes. 8vo. Each volume with frontispiece portrait of Washington. Half-calf and marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments. Joints starting with some wear to spines and corners, front cover of volume II unattached. From the library of Louis E. Goodman, with his bookplate. Later edition of..... More
[London]: [Headley Brothers], [n.d. (ca. 1960’s)]. 8vo. [viii], 56 pp. FIRST EDITION. Blue cloth, title and author in gilt to top cover . Small stain affecting area at foot of spine. Inscription to fly-leaf. First edition. Poems related to the medical profession and doctors, some of which had previously appeared..... More
