first edition Original publisher's grey cloth stamped in silver [a distinctive Sarah Wyman Whitman design]. Silver top edge. Green eps
1893 · Boston and New York
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1809 - 1894]. Pyle, Howard [1853 - 1911] - Illustrator. Whitman, Sarah Wyman [1842 - 1904] - Binding Designer
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1893. 1st edition thus, 2nd issue (BAL 9042; Blanck, American First Editions [4th], p. 261; Currier & Tilton, pp. 241-242; Davis I, pp. 146 - 149; Wilson II, p. 642). Original publisher's grey cloth stamped in silver [a distinctive Sarah Wyman Whitman design]. Silver top edge. Green eps. Cocked a bit. Gleaming silver. Pos on preliminary blank. A VG+ copy.. 131, [1] pp. Over 50 full-page drawings by Pyle, as well as decorative half-titles, head & tailpieces, etc. for a total of 95 images. 12mo, in 6s. 7-7/8" x 5" (Inventory #: 28913.1)