Mark Twain Essential Reference by Rasmussen Kent (51 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. New York: Oxford University Press 1996. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 0195110285 552 pages, illustrated [including a map], chronology, books by Mark Twain, suggested reading, index. Fine copy clph.

1996 Rasmussen, R Kent MARK TWAIN A TO Z; THE ESSENTIAL REFERENCE TO HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS NY: The Oxford University Press, 1996 New softcover, index, 552pp, sm 4to,

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Quarto. Trade paperback. Fine in pictorial wrappers.

Paper Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A nice First Edition of the softcover edition of Kent Rasmussen's important Mark Twain reference. Includes detailed synopses of individual works, identification of places and characters, a fifteen-page chronological table, a map showing there Twain lived and traveled, and information on stage and screen adaptations of his works. 552 pp. A nice copy and handy reference for Mark Twain collectors.

Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new. 552 pps.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A near fine first edition of Mark Twain A to Z: The Essential Reference to his Life and Writings. As written in the synopsis, "Until now, tracking down information on Mark Twain's complex life and numerous works was a time-consuming and arduous process. No longer, now that R. Kent Rasmussen has undertaken the herculean task of writing and compiling Mark Twain A to Z - a comprehensive, single-volume reference to this great American writer's life and times." This encylopedia includes detailed analytical synopses of Twain's books and short works, including publishing history and critical reception, and much more. Illustrated throughout. In a black cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine and an unclipped dustwrapper. Externally excellent with just minor shelfwear only. Dustwrapper excellent. Internally firmly bound with very bright and clean pages throughout. Near Fine. book.

4to.pp.xxiv + 552 + over 130 photographs and drawings and a map of his travels. original black cloth hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper.Some very mild foxing of the prelims else a very good copy.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Various (illustrator). First edition. A wonderfully informative chronology on the life of Mark Twain as well as his various works, with various illustrations and presented in the unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with various in-text illustrations and photographs throughout the text, as well as a full-page map of 'Mark Twain's America'.This is a comprehensive chronology of Mark Twain's life and works, with an introduction, chronology, 'Books by Mark Twain' and 'Suggested Reading'. Entries are entered alphabetically, starting with 'A. B. Chambers', the steamboat on which Mark Twain was a pilot, and ending with 'Zola, Emile', a French novelist who Twain wrote critical essays about.Written by R. Kent Rasmussen.Foreword by Thomas A. Tenney, the editor of the 'Mark Twain Journal'.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with no noticeable faults. Dust wrapper is in a similarly excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. book.