Hardcover
1893 · London
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
London: Gay and Bird, 1893. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 131 pages. Illustrated. Dark gray cloth hardcover with title and decorations in silver on the front cover and spine. Silver top edge. Cloth is faded and worn with an old partial sticker on the front cover. Some of the pages are creased with light edge tears. Gift inscription written on the front paste down. No dates listed on the title page or the verso of the title page. Imprint on the verso of the title page is "The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A Printed by H. O. Houghton & Company." The word on page 50, line 8, is "flashed instead of "clashed." A light pencil gift inscription written on the front blank end paper reads "To Edith from Geo. 8/2/93." Previous owner 1960 xmas inscription on the green paper front paste down with an inscription "Mother bought it for me in London. (Inventory #: 12516)