The American Claimant
by TWAIN, Mark
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Grey-green cloth stamped in gilt, black, and gray; plain endpapers; [i]-[xvi] 17-277 [278],[8]pp; 8pp publisher's catalogue at rear; frontispiece and in-text illustrations. Embossed dealer's stamp of R. M. Hays & Bros, Hagerstown, MD, to front free endpaper. A sound but much rubbed copy, spine browned with gilt rubbed away, occasional internal marks: just Very Good. The book in which Twain famously omitted all references to the weather; also reputedly the first book to be composed using phonographic dictation. BAL 3434. MCBRIDE p.134. WRIGHT III: 1809. [62224].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62224
- Title
- The American Claimant
- Author
- TWAIN, Mark
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles L. Webster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1892
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature Before 1900;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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