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MARK TWAIN IN ERUPTION. Hitherto Unpublished Pages About Men and Events
by TWAIN, Mark. Edited By Bernard DeVoto
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- Seller
-
Surprise, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Fine. Octavo. ("K-P" on copyright page) 402 pages. Bound in original terra-cotta cloth; near fine in a fine dust jacket. One of only 7,000 copies printed. The editor selected unpublished parts of Twain's autobiography, which was copyrighted in 1922. Tasteful bookplate front paste-down. A lovely copy in like dust jacket. BAL 3564.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6447
- Title
- MARK TWAIN IN ERUPTION. Hitherto Unpublished Pages About Men and Events
- Author
- TWAIN, Mark. Edited By Bernard DeVoto
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2006
Surprise, Arizona
About Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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