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Lot 106
  1. Oliver Wendell Holmes Signature
  2. Oliver Wendell Holmes Signature
  3. Oliver Wendell Holmes Signature
  4. Oliver Wendell Holmes Signature
  5. Oliver Wendell Holmes Signature
  1. Oliver Wendell Holmes Signature
  2. Oliver Wendell Holmes Signature
  3. Oliver Wendell Holmes Signature
  4. Oliver Wendell Holmes Signature
  5. Oliver Wendell Holmes Signature
Oliver Wendell Holmes Signature

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Guardian Angel, First edition in leather slipcase, With Holmes signature, The. Guardian Angel.. By. Oliver Wendell Holmes,. Author of ""the Autocrat of the Breakfast-table,"". ""Elsie Venner,"" Etc.Boston :. Ticknor and Fields.. 1867.

Added a clipped inscription by Holmes secured with old gummed cellophane and a newspaper clipping with the penned name of William Dean Howell, possibly in his handwriting.

12mo, front hinge repaired.

 


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  145. Image for Lot (BOSTON) THE LITTLE STREETS OF BEACON HILL 1929 145
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  149. Image for Lot Classic on Cricket, limited & signed 149
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  151. Image for Lot Behind the Atomic Bomb 1947 self-published Sachs 151
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  157. Image for Lot "Paradise of Dainty Devices" Mlle. Ruel's School 157
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  160. Image for Lot Large GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS Wall Map c.1952 160
  161. Image for Lot 12 WW II booklets - Osborn & others, illustrators 161
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  163. Image for Lot Buffalo Bill chromo calendar from 1907 163
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  178. Image for Lot Archive: WWII Air Raid Warden?s Ephemera & papers 178
  179. Image for Lot 1844 Nathaniel Currier US PRESIDENTS hand colored 179
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  192. Image for Lot Bruce Davidson: East 100th Street (1970) 192
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  194. Image for Lot The Royal Visit to Wolverhampton (1867) 194
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  197. Image for Lot Lewis Hine: Through the Threads (1933) 197
  198. Image for Lot Buildings Erected by Cauldwell-Wingate Co. in 1912 198
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  200. Image for Lot Marsh: The Story of the Jubilee Singers (1876) 200
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  207. Image for Lot Hatcher: Geography of Southern Patagonia (1903) 207
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  209. Image for Lot Davidson & Trager Classic NYC photography books-- 209
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  211. Image for Lot C. Ponti pair of colored photos of Venice 1860s 211
  212. Image for Lot 4 early photos of Venice, by C. Ponti and others 212
  213. Image for Lot Verona, 2 early photos, one by A. Perini, [1860s] 213
  214. Image for Lot C. Naya pair of photos buildings in Venice 1860s 214
  215. Image for Lot Naya pair of photos of architectural details 1860s 215
  216. Image for Lot Naya pair of photos of details Doge's palace 1860s 216
  217. Image for Lot J. Spithover 4 photos of statues in Vatican 1860s 217
  218. Image for Lot Pair of Spithover photos statues of Caesars 1860s 218
  219. Image for Lot Spithover two photos of 'modern' Roman buildings 219
  220. Image for Lot Spithover photo of Temple of Vesta in Rome 1860s 220
  221. Image for Lot Spithover photo: Arch of Constantine Rome 1860s 221
  222. Image for Lot Van Lint 2 photos tower & baptistery of Pisa 1860s 222
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  227. Image for Lot A. Thomas & others photos of Gloucester Cathedral 227
  228. Image for Lot Photograph of Chatsworth House, circa 1870 228
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  230. Image for Lot Valentine & others 79 photos of the UK c. 1880 230
  231. Image for Lot G.W. Wilson two photos people of Skye at work 231
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  233. Image for Lot 1901 Album, 133 'Ogden's Guinea Gold' photo. cards 233
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  235. Image for Lot 1956 Cruise Album with over 170 photos, menus, etc 235
  236. Image for Lot Photography: Genthe Old Chinatown 236
  237. Image for Lot Daniels (photog) Margaret Morris dancing, signed 237
  238. Image for Lot William Cook: Billiards (1890) 238
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