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Oliver Wendell Holmes' 1st novel 1st Edition

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Description

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Author: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.
Title: Elsie Venner: A Romance Of Destiny
Place Published: Boston
Publisher:Ticknor and Fields
Date Published: 1861
Description:

2 volumes. With 16 pages of book ads dated February, 1861. (8vo) brown publishers cloth, spines lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Holmes' first novel. With a mounted ink autograph dated March 18th, 1889 laid in loose. BAL 8801.

Condition

Varying degrees of minor wear to cloth; pages a touch brittle and age-toned, volume two binding shaken with leaves coming loose; occasional creasing and minor foxing; very good.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes' 1st novel 1st Edition

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