Mark Twain's Sketches; New and Old
Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
Published by The American Publishing Company, Hartford, Conn, 1875
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Hardcover
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8vo. [6], 17-320 pp. Bound in bright blue cloth with decorations stamped in black on the boards and spine, with gilt decorations on the front board and spine; all edges gilt. Illustrated with a woodcut frontispiece, and with several in-text and full-page woodcuts. Now first published in complete form. Sold only by subscription. BAL 3364. McBride 35. Second state as per McBride and BAL. An amusing collection of short stories, beautifully illustrated, from one of the giants of American literature. A Very Good book with traces of wear to the extremities including rubbing and minor discoloration to the edges of the spine and boards; leaves show foxing and a crease to the front flyleaf. Seller Inventory # 000010311
Bibliographic Details
Title: Mark Twain's Sketches; New and Old
Publisher: The American Publishing Company, Hartford, Conn
Publication Date: 1875
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First edition.
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MARK TWAIN'S SKETCHES New and Old
Published by
American Publishing Company, Hartford, CT, 1875
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Cloth. Condition: G/No Dustjacket. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). State 2. Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company. G/No Dustjacket. 1875. State 2. Cloth. BAL 3364 . 8vo., 320 pp., cover rubbed, stained, frayed, pages yellowing, hinges weak . Seller Inventory # BOOKS246832
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Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. Now first published in complete form
Published by
The American Publishing Co, Hartford, 1875
Used
First Edition
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First edition. First printing. Second state of text, with footnote on p.120 removed, lacking "From Hospital Days" on p.299. Tall octavo (22cm); publisher's blue decorated cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; pale tan (Blanck states "peach") endpapers; 320 pp; illus. Slight rubbing at spine ends and board corners; a hint of oxidation to spine gilt, still a remarkably bright, clean copy, Near Fine. Neat ink ownership signatures to front and rear pastedowns of a Jean Poore Ray. Illustrated throughout after original line drawings by True Williams. Twain's second collection of short fiction, comprised mostly of pieces that had previously appeared in periodicals but also including (per Twain's Preface) several works not previously published, including "Learned fables for Good Old Boys and Girls," the "Jumping Frog Restored." etc. BAL 3364. Seller Inventory # 81945
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Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old
Published by
The American Publishing Company, Hartford, Conn., And Chicago, Ill., 1875
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Clarel Rare Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Publisher's cloth. Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original gilt-stamped and decorated blue cloth. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, with the footnote on page 119 repeated on page 120, and with the misattributed sketch [From "Hospital Days"] on page 299. Peach endpapers and triple flyleaves. There is some wear to the spine ends, fraying to the corners and edges, and the gilt is not as bright as it once was. Internally, there is a spot of ghosting on pages 174 and 175 where a leaf, perhaps, was laid in. Else, internally, the book is quite clean. An inch and a half of the foot of the rear inner hinge is just starting; else the joints and hinges are intact. Significantly, this is one of only several hundred copies in the First State with GILT EDGES. Copies in cloth with plain edges outnumber those with gilt edges by about twelve to one. A good to very good copy of an uncommon and desirable binding variant. Only the three-quarter morocco binding is rarer. BAL 3364. Seller Inventory # 000135
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Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old
Published by
The American Publishing Company, Hartford, Connecticut, 1875
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION with the erratum and misplaced footnote on page 120. The book is in excellent condition and is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's brown cloth. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition. We buy Twain First Editions. Seller Inventory # ABE-17583642211
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