The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1894. Later printing. Hardcover. 2 vol. [5], vi-xvi, 1-219, [3]; [5], vii, 222-474, [2] pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on the boards and spines; top edges gilt. Dark green coated endpapers and pastedowns. Title pages printed in orange and black with the publisher's device. Volume one illustrated with a frontispiece and with seven photogravure plates, several head and tail-pieces, and with a few in-text designs by Howard Pyle. Volume two illustrated with a frontispiece, six photogravure plates, several head and tailpieces, and with in-text designs. A Houghton Mifflin reprint of Holmes' novel with the Howard Pyle illustrations. ADNB, Elizabeth Hawks, "Pyle, Howard". Davis Over his 35-year career, Pyle carved a reputation for himself as one of America's most significant illustrators. He produced more than 3,000 illustrations for books and magazines, twenty books, and several articles. Pyle began as a children's book illustrator, and established new standards in American book-making with his designs, with William Morris among one of his numerous fans. Pyle was notably famous for his illustrations about pirates and historical adventure stories. He illustrated books by Robert Louis Stevenson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and William Dean Howells. A nice copy of Holmes' literary masterpiece, made livelier with Pyle's designs. Very Good. Item #000010324
A touch of toning to the spines with volume one's spine showing a few flecks of white; leaves show mild foxing.
Price: $40.00