SKETCHES
by TWAIN, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Slemin & Higgins, 1880. TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel Langhorne Clemens]. SKETCHES. [Toronto, Canada]: Slemin & Higgins, 1880. 12mo., terra-cotta cloth, with cover & spine titles stamped in gilt; 319 pages. First Canadian Edition. "Now First Published In Complete Form." [BAL 3624]. This particular title was also issued under the Belfords, Clarke & Company imprint in the same year. Contains previous material from the American edition except for "The Recent French Duel" and "The Great Revolution In Pitcairn"- the first two stories listed on the contents page. Possibly a pirated edition? Signed inscription by Twain in ink on the title page: "Very truly yours, Mark Twain." Very Good (gilt on cover & spine bright with minor rippling to cloth on rear cover; hinges & text nice & tight; little foxing to fore-edge & text- heavier on the top edge; ink name "E.C. Eustis, 2333 Garden St., Santa Barbara" on the front endpaper, which has a shallow chip on the upper-right corner). $4,500.00.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antic Hay Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1600
- Title
- SKETCHES
- Author
- TWAIN, Mark
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Slemin & Higgins
- Date Published
- 1880
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Antic Hay Books
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Asbury Park, New Jersey
About Antic Hay Books
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