Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes / Oliver Wendell Holmes

Name/Title

Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes / Oliver Wendell Holmes

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.90

Description

357 pages. Illustrated throughout with tissue guarded plates. Red lined text.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1880s, Eastlake

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Edition

New Revised

Publisher

Houghton, Mifflin & Company

Place Published

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

circa 1881

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles

Binding Notes

Bound in dark brown beveled cloth with magnolia flowers within a ruled panel, stamped in black with gilt stamped stamens. Title band in matte and bright gilt against a background of leaf and flower. Motif repeated to spine. Black stone endpapers. All edges gilt.