New York: Sheldon & Company, 1871. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, second state with advertisement on verso. 12mo. 47pp., [1pp. of ads.] Black-and-white illustrations from N.Y. Bureau of Illustration throughout. Terracotta cloth covered boards, stamped in gilt. Faint dampstain on page edges, spine ends and corners lightly worn, small white spots on spine and rear board, very good.

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Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 429362
Title: Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance
Author: Twain, Mark
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Sheldon & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1871
Keywords: AmerLit19thCent, Biography

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About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA

Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.

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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....
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Second State: used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
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...