A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur [original title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]
by Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]; Dan Beard [illus.]
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1889. Very Good. London: Chatto & Windus, 1889. First UK Edition, later state with catalog dated October 1889. Octavo. 525, [ii], 32 pp. publisher's catalog. Black and white illustrations. Publisher's red cloth stamped in black and gilt; decorative endpapers. Boards edgeworn with a couple short tears to top of spine; corners bumped; spine soiled; light discoloration along fore-edges. Moderate lean to boards but binding is sound. Light foxing to endpapers and edges of text block but interior else unmarked. Very Good.
[BAL 3429].
[BAL 3429].
Synopsis
The original American satiristCracked on the head by a crowbar in nineteenth-century Connecticut, Hank Morgan wakes to find himself in King Arthur's England. Branded by Twain's aptitude for broad comedy and biting social satire, the grim truths of Twain's Camelot-fear, injustice, ignorance-resound as clearly now as when it was written
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- Title
- A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur [original title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]
- Author
- Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]; Dan Beard [illus.]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1889
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