Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
by Mark Twain
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- fine/fine
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Charles Winthrope and Sons, 2014. Facsimile Edition of the First Edition. Hardcover. fine/fine. Octavo. 8 1`2" x 7". 461pp.192 Illustrations. Losely laid in is the notes from the publisher and one page "from the desk of the publiksher" in envelope. A fine copy of this fascimile edition. Originally published in 1896.
Synopsis
Mark Twain's work on Joan of Arc is titled in full Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte who is identified further as Joan's page and secretary. The work is fictionally presented as a translation from the manuscript by Jean Francois Alden, or, in the words of the published book, "Freely Translated out of the Ancient French into Modern English from the Original Unpublished Manuscript in the National Archives of France".
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- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75774
- Title
- Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
- Author
- Mark Twain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine/fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Facsimile Edition of the First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Winthrope and Sons
- Date Published
- 2014
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Fiction;
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Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...