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See More... Fields, James T. UNDERBRUSH.
Boston James R. Osgood 1878 12mo. decorated cloth, edges stained red (vi), 303+(1) pages
Second edition. Light essays by James T. Fields (1817-1881), former partner in the publishing firm of Ticknor & Fields and editor of the Atlantic Monthly. In his essay "If I Were a Boy Again," Fields mentions the importance of using tools and being able to make something. My friend Oliver Wendell Holmes finds such comfort in mending things, when his active brain needs repose, that he sometimes breaks a piece of furniture on purpose that he may have the relief of putting it together again . (p.282). Library numbers written in ink on spine, label removed from front pastedown. Wear to head and tail of spine, some foxing.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 64703

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See More... (Holmes, Oliver Wendell) Carpenter, Wesley M. PROCEEDINGS AT THE DINNER GIVEN BY THE MEDICAL PROFESSION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK APRIL 12, 1883 TO OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
New York G.P. Putnam's Sons 1883 8vo. cloth with gilt lettering and design (viii), 61 pages+fold out seating plan.
A description of the medical profession dinner honoring Oliver Wendell Holmes. Includes menu description, toasts, speeches, illustrations and fold-out seating plan. Front and back decorative endpaper with pale green maze design. Light foxing on frontispiece. Boards slightly faded and worn at top and bottom of spine and edges.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 87216

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See More... (Holmes, Oliver Wendell) Currier, Thomas Franklin A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
Washington Square New York University Press 1953 thick 4to. cloth. xiv, 707 pages.
Definitive work on Holmes. Edited by Eleanor M. Tilton.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 7826

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See More... (Holmes, Oliver Wendell) Currier, Thomas Franklin A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
Washington Square, NY New York University Press 1953 thick 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 707 pages.
Definitive work on Holmes. Edited by Eleanor M. Tilton. Jacket is worn and spotted.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 74312

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See More... (Holmes, Oliver Wendell) Currier, Thomas Franklin A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
Washington Square New York University Press 1953 thick 4to. cloth. xiv, 707 pages.
Definitive work on Holmes. Edited by Eleanor M. Tilton. Head of spine spotted.
Price: $ 18.00 other currencies Order nr. 92878

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