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FUNNY STORIES and LETTERS TO PUNCH
by Mark Twain and Artemus Ward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/No Jacket
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
Item Price
A$385.37A$308.30
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About This Item
Port Sunlight Near Birkenhead- UK: Lever Brothers Ltd., 1870. FUNNY STORIES- Mark Twain and LETTERS TO PUNCH- Artemus Ward- Lever Brosthers, Ltd.- Port Sunlight Near Birkenhead- UK- sn,nd (1870?)- 1st Edition- Hardcover:-12mo- Original publishers maroon cloth with gilt titles on cover and spine- covers have bevelled edges- VG+- no dj as issued-light rubbing but clean and tight- Funny Stories 173pp, & Letters to Punch 195pp + 1-4pp ads for banks, elixirs, pills, transparent cement etc + 18pp of Ward Lock book ads- illustrated with pre-chapter and end of chapter illustrations/decorations- SEE PHOTOS- Contents: Eye-Openers: Funny Stories by Mark Twain- from 'Autobiography to Medieval Romance...Science vs Luck--a bevy of Mark Twain stories- + Artemus Ward- "Letter to Punch"-'Arrival in London' -to Essays and Sketches- writings in the Cleveland Plain Dealer etc- A great book and 1st Edition- World Cat states: Funny stories-Author: Mark Twain; Artemus Ward-Publisher: Port Sunlight, near Birkenhead (Eng) Lever Bros., [187-?]-OCLC Number: 18003364-Description: 2 v. in 1 ; 19 cm.-Responsibility: by Mark Twain. Letters to Punch / by Artemus Ward.- Only haeld by ONE library in World Cat.- Very Scarce! and very desireable for the Mark Twain fan and collector!- Fiction-non-fiction-Americana-stories-essays-humour-anecdotes-Twain-Ward-Illustrated (3553) . 1st Edition. Cloth. VG/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- jakoll
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3553
- Title
- FUNNY STORIES and LETTERS TO PUNCH
- Author
- Mark Twain and Artemus Ward
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Lever Brothers Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Port Sunlight Near Birkenhead- UK
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- Fiction-non-fiction-Americana-stories-essays-humour-anecdotes-Twain-Ward-Illustrated
Terms of Sale
jakoll
Payment must be received within 7 working days. Payments by cheque will be held 10 working days to clear. Full refund of purchase price only if item has been misdescribed as pertains to condition. Mailing costs non-refundable. Item must be returned in the same condition as it was originally sent out for refund conditions to apply.
About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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