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Oliver Wendell Holmes. Over the Teacups. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1891.... (Total: 3 )
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Oliver Wendell Holmes. Over the Teacups. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1891.8vo. Original gilt-decorated olive-green cloth, all edges stained yellow; cloth slipcase.
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the flyleaf: "Mrs. E. P. Whipple / With the kind regards of / her friend and her husband's friend / Oliver Wendell Holmes / November 10th, 1890." First Printing, second state of the advertisements, in BAL's binding variant A.
The Boston critic, editor and essayist Edwin Percy Whipple (1819-86) was an influential and discerning literary figure of his generation, who was lauded for his humor, eloquence, and intellect. In 1847 Whipple married Charlotte B. Hastings, whose acquaintance with Oliver Wendell Holmes helped establish the couple's residence at 11 Pinckney Street as a literary salon where Longfellow, Whittier, Emerson, and others gathered to discuss literature. The inscription is dated in the month of publication to the widow of his friend. The earliest presentation copies recorded date from November 8-11 and are found in the same form (second state of ads, first binding), and are presumably the form the author received his first copies from the publisher. A VERY FINE ASSOCIATION COPY.
Condition: Touch of wear to extremities, otherwise very fine.
References: BAL 9027.
Provenance: Charlotte Whipple (presentation inscription); Steven Wakeman (bookplate); purchased from Paul C. Richards, Brookline, Mass., 1969.
[With:]
[Oliver Wendell Holmes, contributor]. The Harbinger; A May Gift. Boston: Carter, Hendee and Co., 1833. 8vo, original blue watered muslin, printed paper spine label. FIRST EDITION of this anthology edited by Holmes, and who contributed seventeen poems in Part II, including the first book appearance of his celebrated "The Last Leaf" and "My Aunt." Head of spine frayed; spine label partially perished; some soiling to boards; some occasional foxing or pale spotting to text. BAL 977. - Holmes. Border Lines of Knowledge in some provinces of Medical Science. An Introductory Lecture, delivered before the Medical Class of Harvard University, November 6th, 1861. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862. 8vo, original blindstamped purple cloth. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front pastedown in pencil: "Mr. George Winston / from his friend and Instructor / O.W. Holmes." Spine slightly faded; light soiling to boards; a little toning and small marginal dampstains. BAL 8814.
Provenance: From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2025 September 10 - 11 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part III, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6321 (go to Auction Home page)
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