Antique Book Set | Oliver Wendell Holmes Works | Autocrat Edition, 1908 | 7 Volumes

Add timeless elegance to your shelves with this richly bound antique set: The Complete Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Autocrat Edition, published in 1908 by Houghton Mifflin. This beautiful partial set includes 7 of the original 13 volumes, handsomely bound in dark green leather with intricate gilt spine detailing, gilt top edges, and stunning marbled boards and endpapers.

📚 Included Volumes (from 13-volume Autocrat Edition):

Volume III – The Poet at the Breakfast Table
Volume IV – Over the Teacups
Volume VII – A Mortal Antipathy
Volume IX – Medical Essays
Volume X – Our Hundred Days in Europe
Volume XI – Emerson / Motley
Volume XIII – Poems II

🖋️ Edition: Autocrat Edition, 1908
📏 Each Book: Approx. 8" tall
📚 Shelf Width: Approx. 8.5" across for all 7 volumes
📌 Note: This is a partial set; it includes 7 of the 13 volumes in the full Autocrat Edition.

✨ Features:

Gilt-stamped leather spines with floral corner and panel detailing
Blue-green leather spines and corners with marbled paper sides
Marbled endpapers with coordinating swirl pattern
Gilt top edges, deckled page edges
High-quality printing by The Riverside Press, Cambridge

📸 Condition: Moderate rubbing to leather edges and corners, some shelf wear to joints and board edges as shown. Marbled boards are vibrant and intact. A lovely display-worthy antique set with readable, tight bindings.

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Perfect for:
• Traditional or academic libraries
• Dark academia and vintage office decor
• Collector displays
• Gifts for lovers of American literature, essays, and 19th-century poetry

Ships securely as a 7-volume partial set, exactly as pictured. Books will be shipped with insurance and Media mail will be avoided for this set.

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