Oliver Wendell Holmes
44 copies for sale · $46–$4,500 · 29 first editions · 6 signed
Notable copies for sale
Dorothy Q, Together with a Ballad of the Boston Tea Party & Grandmother's Story of Bunker (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$1,500
The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes — James Cummins Bookseller$850
Dorothy Q, Together with A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party & Grandmother's Story of Bunker (first edition) — B & B Rare Books$275
The autocrat of the breakfast-table. Volumes 1 & 2 — MW Books€48
Urania: A rhymed lesson. Pronounced before the Mercantile Library Association, October 14, (first edition, signed) — Rootenberg Rare Books$4,500
Dr. Holmes’s introductory lecture, delivered before the medical class of Harvard Universit (first edition, signed) — Rootenberg Rare Books$2,500
Poems. New and enlarged edition (first edition) — Rootenberg Rare Books$1,850
The autocrat of the breakfast table — Rootenberg Rare Books$1,800
Diploma Hayward John Mclean Senatus Universitatis Cantabrigiensis Academicus In Republica (signed) — Rootenberg Rare Books$1,500
The autocrat of the breakfast table (first edition) — Rootenberg Rare Books$950
The autocrat of the breakfast table (first edition) — Rootenberg Rare Books$850
Poems. New and enlarged edition (first edition) — Rootenberg Rare Books$650
Works on the market
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table6 copies · $175–$1,800
Poems. New and enlarged edition2 copies · $650–$1,850
Dorothy Q, Together with A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party & Grandmother's Story of Bunker 2 copies · $275–$1,500
The professor at the breakfast table; with the story of Iris2 copies · $400–$600
Currents and counter-currents in medical science. An address delivered before the Massachu2 copies · $300–$450
Homeopathy and its kindred delusions; two lectures delivered before the Boston society for2 copies · $450
Currents and counter currents in medical science with other addresses and essays. . .2 copies · $350
Elsie Venner: a romance of destiny2 copies · $200–$300
Urania: A rhymed lesson. Pronounced before the Mercantile Library Association, October 14,1 copy · $4,500
Dr. Holmes’s introductory lecture, delivered before the medical class of Harvard Universit1 copy · $2,500
Diploma Hayward John Mclean Senatus Universitatis Cantabrigiensis Academicus In Republica1 copy · $1,500
The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes1 copy · $850
John Lothrop Motley. A memoir1 copy · $450
Astraea: the balance of illusions. A poem delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa society of Y1 copy · $300
Our hundred days in Europe1 copy · $300
An introductory lecture, delivered at the Massachusetts Medical College, November 3, 18471 copy · $250
The one hoss shay with its companion poems1 copy · $250
Poems1 copy · $250
Songs of many seasons. 1862-18741 copy · $250
Market context
40 copies of Oliver Wendell Holmes's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $138 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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