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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Twain, Mark
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About This Item
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1889. Hardcover. 8vo (8.5" x 6.75"), gilt pictorial green cloth. [i-xvi], 17-575, 2 pp. pub. ads. Illus. throughout by Daniel Beard. CONDITION: Very good, small chip at front edge of spine, inner front hinge paper cracked, but hinge still firm with very little slackness, slightly cocked.
First edition, first state, with small S-like ornament in between the words of the caption on pg. 59. An ambitious science-fiction narrative about a 19th-century American's attempts to bring modern technology and political ideology to 16th-century England. Inspired both by elements of feudal life that he observed in Hawaii in 1866 and Arthurian romances, Twain was hard at work onn this novel by 1886. Chancing upon illustrator Dan Beard's work as he completed his manuscript, Twain sought Beard's services to illustrate Connecticut Yankee. Through close collaboration, Beard's 220 pictures fully realize Twain's intentions while also enhancing the book's humor and political message. BAL 3429; Rasmussen, Kent. Mark Twain A to Z. 1995. pgs. 86, 98.
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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- James Arsenault & Company
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- Title
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Publisher
- New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1889
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Glossary
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- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- 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....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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