A Mortal Antipathy
first edition
1885 · Boston
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1885. First Edition. First printing Very good+ in green cloth covered boards with edges of the boards beveled and with gilt text and decorations stamped on the spine and front board. The top edge of the text block is in gilt and the end papers are coated black. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine and at the fore corners of the boards is rubbed but the binding is tight with all joints and hinges strong. 307 pages followed by 13 pages of ads for other books by the publisher. This is the second state of the first edition per Blanck. (BAL, 8989) A very nice copy. (Inventory #: TB17527)