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Mark Twain's Sketches New and Old
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
Hartford: American Publishing Co. Fair with no dust jacket. 1875. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth stamped in black and gilt. First edition, first state. Has footnotes pages 119 and 120; "From Hospital Days" p. 299 with erratum slip. Spine ends/edges/points frayed, spine ends with shallow losses. Cloth is stained and mildly insected. PO inscription, hinges cracked. Dampstain to leading edge of textblock margins. Textblock separated mid volume. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28516
- Title
- Mark Twain's Sketches New and Old
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- American Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Date Published
- 1875
Terms of Sale
curtis paul books inc.
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About the Seller
curtis paul books inc.
Biblio member since 2014
Northridge, California
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Glossary
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- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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