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Mark Twain First Edition of Sketches, New and Old

Name: Mark Twain First Edition of Sketches, New and Old
Price: 2100 USD
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Road East Period + Modern

Chicago, IL

Condition Notes: Very good condition. Minor wear to ends and corners with evidence of shelving. Foxing to the pastedowns and endpapers. Minor … moreVery good condition. Minor wear to ends and corners with evidence of shelving. Foxing to the pastedowns and endpapers. Minor separation to the inner hinge. less

Description: First edition of Mark Twain's Sketches New and Old.

Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens] (American).
Hartford, Conn: The American Publishing Company, … more First edition of Mark Twain's Sketches New and Old.

Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens] (American).
Hartford, Conn: The American Publishing Company, 1875.
320 pages.
Octavo.
Edges gilt.
Bound in the rare publisher's original fine 3/4 crushed morocco leather binding, blind ruled spine with gilt lettering in the second and fourth compartments.

Twain's 63 often outrageous sketches, composed between 1863 and 1875. From a piece about the difficulty of getting a pocket watch repaired properly to thoughts on bureaucrats, courts of law, the profession of journalism, the claims of science and the workings of government.

Literature Ref: BAL 3364 less

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