Mark Twain: A Biography: The Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens ... with Letters, Comments, and Incidental Writings Hitherto Unpublished; Also New Episodes, Ancedotes, Etc. in THREE(3) VOLUMES
by Paine, Albert Bigelow
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Spines sunned, covers lightly rubbed/soiled, top of volume I spine chewed: VG- to VG/no dj
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harper, 1912. Gilt decorated red cloth, top edges gilt. Spines sunned, covers lightly rubbed/soiled, top of volume I spine chewed: VG- to VG/no dj. 8vo. Illustrated in black and white. First edition. Volume I coded "H-M" on the copyright page; volumes 2 and 3 are coded "I-M." (BAL, Clemens, Section III (unnumbered))
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- Bookseller
- The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1042204
- Title
- Mark Twain: A Biography: The Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens ... with Letters, Comments, and Incidental Writings Hitherto Unpublished; Also New Episodes, Ancedotes, Etc. in THREE(3) VOLUMES
- Author
- Paine, Albert Bigelow
- Illustrator
- Illustrated in black and white
- Format/Binding
- Gilt decorated red cloth, top edges gilt
- Book Condition
- Used - Spines sunned, covers lightly rubbed/soiled, top of volume I spine chewed: VG- to VG/no dj
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1912
- Pages
- 3 volumes: 1719pp.
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Literary Criticism, Literary Biography, Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American Literary Biography, American Fiction, American Journalism
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
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Brattleboro, Vermont
About The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
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