THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES OF MARK TWAIN
by Mark Twain, Edited by Charles Neider
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
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Mena, Arkansas, United States
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About This Item
New York : Doubleday & Company, inc., 1957 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. VG/G Presumed First Edition The dark green cloth boards of this hardcover are in Very Good condition. Some discoloration on outer edge of front cover. Very slight shelf wear, silver metallic titles against green box on light yellow spine. Mark Twain embossed in silver on the cover. 676 crisp, unmarked pages with sharp corners. Front flyleaf contains a label bearing former owner's name. Dust Jacket is in Good condition, slight shelf wear. Three illustrations, including the author smoking a pipe. Chipping at top and bottom of spine, as well as one on front and two at back. Front flap missing. Slight discoloration hints at water spots. Including titles such as: ~Luck ~ Curious Dream ~ Was it Heaven? Or Hell? ~ A Story Without An End ~ "As a critic of his age, mark Twain probed deeply into the character and conscience of the world about him. When he put pen to paper, no one was safe. . . " ~ From the Editor, Charles Neider .
Synopsis
Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835. He gained national attention as a humorist in 1865 with the publication of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," but was acknowledged as a great writer by the literary establishment with The Adventures Of Huckleberry Fin n (1885). In 1880, Twain began promoting and financing the ill-fated Paige typesetter, an invention designed to make the printing process fully automatic. At the height of his naively optimistic involvement in the technological "wonder" that nearly drove him to bankruptcy, he published his satire, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889). Plagued by personal tragedy and financial failure, Mark Twain spent the last years of his life in gloom and exasperation, writing fables about "the damned human race."
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- Bookseller
- Supercalifabulistic Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000178
- Title
- THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES OF MARK TWAIN
- Author
- Mark Twain, Edited by Charles Neider
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Hard Cover, Trilogy, Mark Twain, Samuel Clemmens, Essays, 1800's, Civil War, Collection, Charles Neider, Critic, Antique, Collectible, Rare
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