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The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins
by TWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Hartford, Conn: American Publishing Company, 1894. First American Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good. With Marginal Illustrations. Small 4to. Pp. 431. Portrait frontis. Black-and-white margin illustrations throughout. Marbled endpapers. In the publisher's dark green three-quarter green morocco over marbled boards. Gilt lettering, ornaments and rules in spine compartments. AEG. Spine sunned to brown, scuffs to front board, light edge-wear. Contemporary newspaper clippings germane to Twain pasted to front endpapers. Withal, a tight copy in very good binding. First American edition, first state with all the points noted in BAL. Quite scarce in the publisher's morocco binding.
Originally published serially in Century Magazine, the first edition was issued in Britain the same year as Pudd'nhead Wilson a Tale but lacking Those Extraordinary Twins. BAL 3442. JOHNSON (third ed.), p. 106.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5907
- Title
- The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins
- Author
- TWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
- Illustrator
- With Marginal Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- American Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Hartford, Conn
- Date Published
- 1894
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- 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...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
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