[Rarebooks] FS: Mark Twain's first appearance in a national magazine, 1866, in the original wraps

[Charles Agvent]

TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]. "Forty Three Days in an Open  Boat"
in  HARPER'S  MONTHLY,  December 1866.. New York:  Harper  &  Brothers
December  1866. First Edition. Original printed wraps. Usually  found,
when  at  all,  in the bound volume with other issues,  this  is  very
scarce  in  original  wraps and notable for  containing  Mark  Twain's
first  appearance in print in a national magazine, predating his first
book.  Published  anonymously in the individual issues, the  story  is
attributed  in  the  table of contents in the bound volumes  to  "Mark
Swain,"  as  Twain  had yet to gain national recognition,  though  his
jumping  frog  story  was  just  beginning  to  spread  in  newspapers
throughout  America.  Paper  lacking  at the spine  tips  with  little
effect  on  the lettering and some erosion to corners of  some  pages.
Rear  cover  nearly  detached but present. General  soiling.  Good  or
better and scarce in wraps.                                   $1500.00

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