MERRY TALES
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1892. First Edition, First Printing, First State. Hardcover. Small Octavo, vii, 9-209 pages, [7]. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's gray-green decorated cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Fading to text on spine. Rubbing to edges, corners, and hinges. Mild wear to head and tail of spine. Some scuffing and staining. Spine slightly cocked. Light water staining to top edge of textblock. Previous owner's stamp on page 209. Age toning throughout. Shelved in Case 13. Part of the Fiction, Fact, and Fancy series. BAL 3435. 1376230. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1376230
- Title
- MERRY TALES
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing, First State
- Publisher
- Charles L. Webster & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Samuel Clemens
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...