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Merry Tales.
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine copy (spine lightly sunned, light wear, small book plate).
- Seller
-
Fair Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
New York.: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892.. First edition. Blanck's state "A". Faded green end papers. No frontisportrait.. Gilt decorated hard cover. Green cloth.. Near fine copy (spine lightly sunned, light wear, small book plate).. Octavo. . Very scarce in this condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookMine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 225795
- Title
- Merry Tales.
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Gilt decorated hard cover. Green cloth.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine copy (spine lightly sunned, light wear, small book plate).
- Edition
- First edition. Blanck's state "A". Faded green end papers. No fr
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles L. Webster & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1892.
- Pages
- 209 pps. & ads.
- Size
- Octavo.
Terms of Sale
BookMine
Returnable within 10 days for any reason, with notification.
About the Seller
BookMine
Biblio member since 2004
Fair Oaks, California
About BookMine
The BookMine has been selling quality out-of-print, rare and first edition books since 1984.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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