King Leopold's Soliloquy a Defense of His Congo Rule
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Warren. Fair with no dust jacket. 1905. Second Edition. Pictorial Cover. Paperback. Spine has been reinforced with clear tape, pieces of edge are missing as is the spine. Cover and flyleaf are held on by the tape as is the back cover. There is an insert from the publishers that says "The publishers desire to state that Mr. Clemens declines to accept any pecuniary return from this booklet, as it is his wish that all proceeds of sales above the cost of publication shall be used in furthering effort for relief of the people of the Congo State. The P.R. Warren Company. Boston, Mass., January 1, 1906."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 700
- Title
- King Leopold's Soliloquy a Defense of His Congo Rule
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Warren
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- Congo, King Leopold, Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Africa;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....