The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-day
by Twain, Mark [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] & Charles Dudley Warner
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Endpapers badly edgeworn, detached, and probably not usable; covers almost fully detached with all edges rubbed, some foxing &am
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About This Item
Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1873. Brown cloth with gilt deocrated spine. Endpapers badly edgeworn, detached, and probably not usable; covers almost fully detached with all edges rubbed, some foxing & text stains; book block tight. Can be restored to very close to original state by professional binder. SOLD AS IS. 8vo. Profusely illustrated in black and white by Hoppink, Stephens, Williams, White, etc. etc.. BAL 3357: 1st edition, mixed state. First states of pp. vii, xvi, 246, 180, 332, & 403. Later states of pp. 351 & 353.
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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- Bookseller
- The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13922073003
- Title
- The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-day
- Author
- Twain, Mark [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] & Charles Dudley Warner
- Illustrator
- Profusely illustrated in black and white by Hoppink, Stephens, Williams, White, etc. etc.
- Format/Binding
- Brown cloth with gilt deocrated spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Endpapers badly edgeworn, detached, and probably not usable; covers almost fully detached with all edges rubbed, some foxing &am
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- American Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Date Published
- 1873
- Pages
- 576pp.
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- 19th Century 1st Editions, 19th Century American Literature, Novels, Fiction, Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner, First Editions
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The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
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About The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
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