first edition Half Leather
1861 · Boston
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell (From the Library of J. Christian Bay and Alfred Paul Bay)
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861. First Edition. Half Leather. Fine. Octavo. First issue, [i-iii]; [i-xii]; [1]-406; dedication page after copyright page and no ads, bound in half tan polished calf over marbled paper covered boards and matching endpapers, gilt lettering on red and brown morocco spine labels, remaining compartments fully gilt decorated, top edge gilt. From the library of authors J. Christian Bay and Alfred Paul Bay with both of their bookplates to front pastedown. Third blank (inserted leaf) with a presentation inscription M.Y. Bean/Compliments of/ ? A. N. Whiting. A fine, bright copy. (Inventory #: 4276)