[First Edition] The Professor at the Breakfast-Table...

Very clean brown cloth boards with blind-stamped decoration on both front and rear boards, gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean chocolate brown endpapers; old previous owner name in beautiful penmanship at top edge of front free endpaper. All pages are clean and bright - unmarked, no foxing or browning. 410 pages with Index. Oliver Wendell Holmes presents a perceptive exploration of the human condition through a series of thought-provoking dialogues set in the congenial atmosphere of a Boston breakfast table. Written in the conversational style characteristic of the 19th-century American literary movement, this work blends humor, philosophy, and social commentary.

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