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1 Bowen, Catherine Drinker; Auchincloss, Introduction Louis Yankee From Olympus, Justice Holmes and His Family New York The American Past/Book of the Month Club, Inc. 1980 Slipcased Very Good in Very Good Slipcase  American Biographer Bowen provides a detailed portrait of Justice Holmes, chronicling his life not only as a jurist, but as a student, soldier (Civil War), lawyer, teacher, philosopher, letter writer, son, husband and friend. Bowen's biography details Holmes' lengthy heritage back to his grandfather Abiel Holmes (1763 - 1837 American Congregational clergyman, historian), epitomizing a family rich in American History. Color frontispiece, Twenty-six illustrations, "Holmes Descent," starting with David Holmes 1658. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841 – 1935), American jurist, served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932. Bright blue cloth boards over green cloth spine, title panel glossy green inset, silvered title to spine. Mild fading of slipcase. Green dw with illustration of Holmes to spine. Blue cloth slipcase, color portrait inset to front. Illustrated end papers, front: portion of a letter from Captain Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., to his parents, April 23, 1862, written from the Union front lines in Virginia. The sketch shows Holmes wit his bearded friend Captain Hallowell. Rear e.p.: Holgraph draft of the radio address Holmes delivered on his 90th birthday. 492 pp. tall 8 vo. oversized, heavy for shipping. Please click for image.  Price: 14.50 USD Add to Shopping Cart