The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1893: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1893. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Wide Octavo. 260 pp + x pp adverts, prevous owner's inked inscription on ffep, b&w frontis, 9 stories, including the title piece and "Mental Telegraphy", a detailed inquiry into "psychic research". 5.7" x 8" brown cloth boards, embossed gilt, black design fr cover, & faded gilt spine letters. Cloth darkened, spine especially. t.p. vertical tear from the bottom along the hinge less than 2" long. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007976
- Title
- The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles L. Webster & Company
- Place of Publication
- 1893
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- BAL 3464 - Mark Twain - Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910) - American Author - influential man of letters
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Size
- Wide Octavo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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