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The American Claimant
by Mark Twain
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Centreville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. BAL 3434. 8vo. Frontispiece and 23 b/w illustrations by Dan Beard. 277 pages + 8 pages of advertisements. Original olive green pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt. Internally clean. Bound tightly. A bit of wear to tips, corners, and cloth at the crown and foot of spine. Cloth is faded. Owner's bookplate on inside front board. Owner inscription on FFEP as well as date stamp "Sep 15 1892."
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- Bookseller
- EGR books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3193
- Title
- The American Claimant
- Author
- Mark Twain
- Illustrator
- Dan Beard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles L. Webster & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1892
- Pages
- 277
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mark Twain;
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- 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...
- FFEP
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- Cloth
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- BAL
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- Jacket
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- Bookplate
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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