Mark Twain's Notebook. Prepared for Publication With Comments by Albert Bigelow Paine

Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935

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Mark Twain's Notebook. Prepared for Publication With Comments by Albert Bigelow Paine. Sm4to. xi, 413pp. First edition. Very good plus book in very good minus dust jacket. Dark blue cloth covered boards; blind-stamped borders around edges of front panel; gilt-stamped lettering on front panel and spine. Crimping along edges at head and tail of board spine, corners are scuffed. Inscription on FFEP to "Wm All?n Knight, Master of Words who can appreciated Mark Twain, Master of Style. With Christmas Greetings, 1936. E?? N. Bigelow." This appears to be an association to author/preparer of the Notebook. FFEP also has faint pencil erasure marks and light smudging along the fore-edge. Text pages are lightly age-toned. No internal marks or tears. Text block is snug. Board panel are a bit bowed. Dust jacket is faded overall from the original light blue background; also soiled in general and with several small damp stains on spine and lower right corner of front panel. Loss from chips across head of jacket spine and adjacent upper edges of front and back panels, approximately 4 1/4" by up 5/16". Additional loss along upper left fore-edge corner on back jacket panel of 1" by 1/4". Several chips along lower edge at tail of jacket spine. Fore-edge and spine folds are creased and scuffed; two very small rub-throughs on the spine folds; back fore-edge fold has a 1 1/2" by 1/4" stretch with several holes and open/closed tears - see photos. Upper edge of back jacket panel has a 1 1/4" closed vertical tear near the center and with several adjacent diagonal creases. Lower edge of back jacket panel has a 1/2" closed vertical tear to the right of center. Both fore-edge corners on the front jacket panel have loss from rubs. Upper and lower edges are softened and with horizontal creasing and small chips. All inside flap corners have uniform small clips. Price of $4.00 is intact. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request.…

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Title
Mark Twain's Notebook. Prepared for Publication With Comments by Albert Bigelow Paine
Author
Twain, Mark
Publisher
Harper & Brothers, New York
Publication year
1935
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition.

R & G Bliss Books

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