first edition Hardcover
1858 · Boston
by [HOLMES, Oliver Wendell]
Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine frayed head and heel with frayed spots on spine edge as well. Corners open. Internally very clean. Very Good. First Printing. With engraved title and eight plates. BAL 8781: Binding A, brown cloth with all first issue points. A Grolier American 100 book. Former owner inscription in pencil "Compliments of G. Y.(?) J." dated "Boston Nov. 14--1858." The earliest dated copy, in the Medical History Library of Yale University, bears the flyleaf date of November 13. (Inventory #: 000603)