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THE $30,000 BEQUEST AND OTHER STORIES.
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1906., 1906.. Good. - Octavo, 7-3/4 inches high by 5-3/8 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in red cloth with a gilt device on the front cover and titled in gilt on the spine. The spine is faded and stained with a minor dampstain to the inner edge of the front cover. iv, [iv], 522 & [1] pages, illustrated with a frontispiece, 7 plates and other illustrations in the text. An early owner's inscription is penned on the front endpaper. There are minor stains to the first few leaves with a tiny chip out from the top corner of the frontispiece. One of the plates is lightly pulled. Good. <p>First edition, first state with no advertisements on the copyright page. [BAL 3492].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 98011
- Title
- THE $30,000 BEQUEST AND OTHER STORIES.
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1906.
- Date Published
- 1906.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; MARK TWAIN; THE $30,000 BEQUEST AND OTHER STORIES; SHORT STORIES; FIRST EDITION; FIRST STATE; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; BAL 3492; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; FRONTISPIECE; PLATES; AMERICAN LITERATURE; SAMUEL CLEMENS.
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Gilt
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- Device
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