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The Gilded Age. A Tale of To-day
by Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens) and Charles Dudley Warner
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company. 1880. Octavo, cloth boards with gilt ring decoration and title upper board with some little loss in ring not affecting text, frontis illus, numerous engraved b&w illus (full page and text illus), long fold-out illus map (Salt Lick Branch of the Pacific), pp.xvi, 576. Apart from a very few small spots, the contents are clean. Beautifully restored with new leather spine decorated and lettered in gilt, with raised bands. New endpapers. The folding map present and in near fine condition, contents clean. Very good condition. Early printing of Mark Twain's first novel, the only one written with a collaborator and first published in 1874. The book satirizes greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America, and describes an age of materialism and excess (particularly the lust for becoming rich through land speculation). The novel gave the era its nickname: the period of U.S. history from the 1870s to about 1900 is now referred to as the 'Gilded Age'. Scarce in this edition and beautifully restored. Early Issue. Quarter leather.
Synopsis
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today was written by Mark Twain and Charles Warner in 1873. This novel by is the only one that Twain wrote a collaborator. This novel focuses on the corruption and big business ventures of post-Civil War America. A biting satire, this novel gave the era it's name in history: The Gilded Age.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102539
- Title
- The Gilded Age. A Tale of To-day
- Author
- Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens) and Charles Dudley Warner
- Format/Binding
- Quarter leather
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Early Issue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- American Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Hartford, Conn.
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- America, Capitalism, Civil War, Literature, Map, Politics, Satire, USA
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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