AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE. OLIVER WENDELL  HOLMES, W. B. CONKEY COMPANY, CHICAGO
 
Light blue hardcover with black and red art embellishments. The inside front/rear cover is showing the bindery webbing at the gutter. And the rear endpaper is partly glued to the rear pastedown. The spine is rubbed and there is a little pencil at the rear board, and some soil stains. The pages are lightly age-tone and there are some surface creases and dog-eared corners. About 7 1/2 x 5 with 341 pp. plus ads. Undated, circa 1890.