Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr 1841-1935

Overview

Works:	908 works in 2,347 publications in 6 languages and 72,701 library holdings
Genres:	Records and correspondence Biography Biographies History Personal narratives Juvenile works Law commentaries Diaries Anecdotes
Subject Headings:	Judges
Roles:	Author, Editor, Other, Former owner, Author of introduction, Composer, Honoree, Creator, Donor, Recipient
Classifications:	KF8745.H6, 923.473

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Oliver Wendell Holmes

Yankee from Olympus : Justice Holmes and his family by Catherine Drinker Bowen( Book )
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes : law and the inner self by G. Edward White( )
The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand( Book )
Holmes and Frankfurter : their correspondence, 1912-1934 by Oliver Wendell Holmes( )
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. by G. Edward White( )

Honorable justice : the life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Sheldon M Novick( Book )
Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court by Felix Frankfurter( Book )
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes by Mark De Wolfe Howe( Book )
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes : a biography by Silas Bent( Book )
Holmes-Sheehan correspondence : the letters of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and Canon Patrick Augustine Sheehan by Oliver Wendell Holmes( )
The legacy of Holmes and Brandeis : a study in the influence of ideas by Samuel Joseph Konefsky( Book )
The great dissent : how Oliver Wendell Holmes changed his mind -- and changed the history of free speech in America by Thomas Healy( Book )
The justice from Beacon Hill : the life and times of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Liva Baker( Book )
American thought: Civil War to World War I by Perry Miller( Book )
Holmes-Pollock letters : the correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Sir Frederick Pollock, 1874-1932 by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )
The mind and faith of Justice Holmes; his speeches, essays, letters, and judicial opinions by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )
Life, law, and letters : essays and sketches by Louis Auchincloss( Book )
Mr. Justice Holmes by Francis Biddle( Book )
Our Constitution: tool or testament? by Beryl Harold Levy( Book )
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.--soldier, scholar, judge by Gary Jan Aichele( Book )

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Most widely held works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

The common law by Oliver Wendell Holmes( )

222 editions published between 1881 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 6,283 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Consists of an expansion of 12 lectures delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston

Commentaries on American law by James Kent( )

37 editions published between 1873 and 2012 in English and held by 1,323 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The mind and faith of Justice Holmes; his speeches, essays, letters, and judicial opinions by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

57 editions published between 1943 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,251 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Holmes-Laski letters; the correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Harold J. Laski, 1916-1935 by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

19 editions published between 1952 and 2011 in English and Japanese and held by 1,203 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Speeches by Oliver Wendell Holmes( )

47 editions published between 1891 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collected legal papers by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

57 editions published between 1920 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,072 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This volume compiles twenty-six of Oliver Wendell Holmes's legal papers and addresses, an important collection of opinions and dissents that touch every field of our national activity and reflect the ongoing development of the democratic society

The path of the law and the common law by Oliver Wendell Holmes( )

31 editions published between 1897 and 2018 in English and held by 984 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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The dissenting opinions of Mr. Justice Holmes : arranged, with introductory notes by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

21 editions published between 1929 and 1999 in English and Undetermined and held by 927 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Touched with fire : Civil War letters and diary of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1861-1864 by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

24 editions published between 1946 and 2000 in English and held by 718 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Holmes-Pollock letters : the correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Sir Frederick Pollock, 1874-1932 by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

34 editions published between 1941 and 1996 in English and held by 706 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Representative opinions of Mr. Justice Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

22 editions published between 1931 and 2001 in English and held by 596 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Occasional speeches by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

15 editions published between 1962 and 1986 in English and held by 540 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Holmes reader; the life, writings, speeches, constitutional decisions, etc. of the late Oliver Wendell Holmes, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, as well as an evaluation of his work and achievements by eminent authorities by Julius J Marke( Book )

13 editions published between 1955 and 2010 in English and Bengali and held by 521 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Holmes reader; the life, writings, speeches, constitutional decisions, etc., of the late Oliver Wendell Holmes, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by Julius J Marke( Book )

11 editions published between 1955 and 1964 in English and held by 482 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Youth's companion by Youth's Companion( Book )

1 edition published in 1954 in English and held by 463 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Selections from the pages of the magazine first published in 1827

The collected works of Justice Holmes : complete public writings and selected judicial opinions of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

12 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 444 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

James Bradley Thayer, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Felix Frankfurter on John Marshall by James Bradley Thayer( Book )

2 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 401 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rational basis of legal institutions by John Henry Wigmore( )

6 editions published between 1923 and 1969 in English and held by 357 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An address by Oliver Wendell Holmes( )

8 editions published between 1895 and 1897 in English and held by 328 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Justice Holmes, ex cathedra by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

4 editions published between 1966 and 1991 in English and held by 313 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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