[Rarebooks] fs: Twain's Complete Sketches, 1875

[Back Creek Books]

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We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 8924 )  Twain, Mark [Samuel Langhorne Clemens, (1835-1910)]. MARK 
TWAIN'S SKETCHES, NEW AND OLD. NOW FIRST PUBLISHED IN COMPLETE FORM. SOLD 
ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION.
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1875. First Edition, Original cloth, 
Octavo, [8], 17-320 pages, engraved cuts. Very good.
      The first complete collection of Twain's humorous tales, including the 
Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, Political Economy, The Petrified Man, and 
much more. Second state of the first edition, lacking the points called for 
by Blanck on pages 120 and 299. No errata slip. Bound in original dark blue 
cloth with spine and upper board lettered and decorated in black and gilt, 
lower board decorated in black only, pale yellow endpapers. Spine is mildly 
darkened, wear at extremities includes shallow chipping to heel of spine. 
Hinges are not cracked. Occasional foxing. A very attractive copy. 
$175.00
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