MR. CLEMENS & MARK TWAIN: A Biography
by Kaplan, Justin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible-Fine
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1986. xvi, 424 pages. This 1967 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography is one of the books in the "Franklin Library of Pulitzer Prize Classics." Beautifully bound in gilt-decorated full red leather, with black author and title patches on the spine; all edges gilt. The book is in almost as-new condition.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Collectible-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W1013
- Title
- MR. CLEMENS & MARK TWAIN: A Biography
- Author
- Kaplan, Justin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible-Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1986
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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