[Rarebooks] FS: Mark Twain on Barbers, 1871

[Charles Agvent]

TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]. "About Barbers" in THE GALAXY, August, 
1871. New York: Sheldon & Company, August, 1871. First Edition. Original 
printed wraps; Volume 12, #2. Twain had many appearances in this 
magazine from 1868 to 1871. This was his last. He begins the two-page 
piece: "All things change except barbers, the ways of barbers, and the 
surroundings of barbers." Other contributors include Henry James. 
Articles include "Signature-Hunting" by Fanny Barrow and tenement life 
in New York by Edward Crapsey. Illustrated with a portrait of John 
Stuart Mill. Some foxing and staining. Near Fine and uncommon as an 
individual issue rather than in a bound volume. (#020202) $100

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