Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches
by TWAIN, Mark
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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About This Item
1878 Mark Twain 1ed Punch Brothers Punch Literary Nightmare Earworm Jingle RARE
In 1876, Twain published a short story entitled 'A Literary Nightmare', which was a fictional tale about Twain himself encountering an earworm – a jingle he couldn't get out of his head for days on end. The story was retitled and republished under the name 'Punch, Brothers, Punch' in 1878.
Item number: #40635
Price: $750
TWAIN, Mark
Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches
New York: Slote, Woodman and Co., ©1878. First edition
Details:
• Collation: Complete
o 140, [2]
• References: BAL 3378
• Edition Points:
o 'Mark Twain' in Roman font on title page
o p.91, line 4 from bottom – "health offi…could hardly sweeten"
o p.101 – set in 13 lines
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Publisher's blue cloth
• Size: ~6.25in X 4.5in (15.5cm x 11.5cm)
• Rare blue variant binding
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40635
- Title
- Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches
- Author
- TWAIN, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Slote, Woodman and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1878
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1878 Mark Twain 1ed Punch Brothers Punch Literary Nightmare Earworm Jingle RARE, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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