Merry Tales
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Charles L. Webster, 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition, 1892. Not first issue. Has frontispiece and plain endpapers. Olive linen as issued, "Fiction Fact and Fancy Series" emblem on front board. Good minus. Front hinge untidily cracked, with light penciling and small stamps to endpapers "St. Kilian School Farmingdale, L.I". Light wear to head heel and edges. Now in protective archival acetate jacket. BAL 3435
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book House in Dinkytown (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 312079
- Title
- Merry Tales
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Charles L. Webster
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1892
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
The Book House in Dinkytown
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About the Seller
The Book House in Dinkytown
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About The Book House in Dinkytown
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- Cracked
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- Hinge
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