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THE WASHOE GIANT IN SAN FRANCISCO BEING HERETOFORE UNCOLLECTED SKETCHES PUBLISHED IN THE GOLDEN ERA IN THE SIXTIES...
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Small leather bookplate. Offsetting to endpapers. Near Fine in worn, Very Good dustwrapper
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Francisco: George Fields, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Small leather bookplate. Offsetting to endpapers. Near Fine in worn, Very Good dustwrapper. Lloyd Hoff. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. BAL 3559. Collected and edited, with an introduction, by Franklin Walker. Printed by Ward Ritchie and illustrated by Lloyd Hoff.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003438
- Title
- THE WASHOE GIANT IN SAN FRANCISCO BEING HERETOFORE UNCOLLECTED SKETCHES PUBLISHED IN THE GOLDEN ERA IN THE SIXTIES...
- Author
- TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
- Illustrator
- Lloyd Hoff
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Small leather bookplate. Offsetting to endpapers. Near Fine in worn, Very Good dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Fields
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Humor, 19th Century Humor, Modern Firsts, Fine Press, 19th Century American Literature, Samuel Clemens, 19th Century Literature, Ward Ritchie
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century American Literature; Mark Twain;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
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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