[Rarebooks] FS: First Edition of Mark Twain's Satire on the Mystery Novel
Charles Agvent
charles at charlesagvent.com
Mon Oct 9 15:31:22 EDT 2023
TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]. A DOUBLE BARRELLED DETECTIVE STORY. New
York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1902. First Edition. Decorated red
cloth. BAL 3471: State A of the front pastedown and the rear endpaper,
State B of others. Illustrations by Lucius Hitchcock. Twain's wonderful
satire on the mystery novel, with an appearance by Sherlock Holmes.
Small leather bookplate on the front pastedown with offsetting to the
endpaper. Small tear to the top of the spine. Old dampstain to lower
spine with gutters of some pages affected. Very Good. (#003435) $125
https://www.charlesagvent.com/pages/books/003435/mark-twain-samuel-clemens/a-double-barrelled-detective-story
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