THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE.
Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1858. First edition. Collection of essays originally published in The Atlantic Monthly 1857-58. Correct first printing per BAL with period following "Company" in publisher's imprint on title page, extra-illustrated vignette title page present, and pp. [375-6] blank (versus with ads). In binding "A" with spine decorated with 3 ringed fleur-de-lis (versus 4) above publisher's ringed monogram; and pale buff endpapers with advertisements headed "Works of Permanent Value," etc. (versus various colors unprinted or with ads headed "Miscellaneous"). [BAL 8781.1.A] 8vo brown pebbled cloth with blind-stamped boards and gilt-stamped spine; illustrated with 8 tissue-protected plates (plus vignette title page); 373 pages including index. Very good with evident professional repair to spine and title page starting. This copy was that of one Isabella R. Odiorne who inscribed her name and the date "1858" at head of the vignette title page, carefully copied a few inspirational verses on rear blanks, and laid a poem clipped from a newspaper between pp. 242/3 (no offset present).
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