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THE NEW GUIDE OF THE CONVERSATION IN PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH
by (TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]) CAROLINO, Pedro
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- About Fine in Fine chemise and slipcase
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood & Company, 1883. First Edition. Softcover. About Fine in Fine chemise and slipcase. BAL 3412. Contains Clemens's 5-page Introduction. Issued in both wraps and cloth, this is a scarce set of unbound sheets consisting of 13 signatures (the preface sheet and front endpaper are loose), a result of the publisher's bankruptcy a few years after publication before all copies had been bound for sale. Adding to the scarcity is that this appears to be a copy belonging to Mark Twain's first bibliographer, Merle Johnson, with a full-page note in pencil on the detached front endpaper SIGNED by Johnson: "What is this? Nothing but the sheets of the 1st Edition all uncut and all that -- those in the cloth covers have been neatly trimmed down for the common people. Merle Johnson." Housed in a cloth chemise and slipcase with a gilt-lettered morocco spine label.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020945
- Title
- THE NEW GUIDE OF THE CONVERSATION IN PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH
- Author
- (TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]) CAROLINO, Pedro
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - About Fine in Fine chemise and slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- Portuguese, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, Dictionary
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century American Literature; 19th Century Literature; Dictionary;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Spine Label
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- Morocco
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- BAL
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- Cloth
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