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1893 1st ed Mark Twain Million Pound Bank Note

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1893 1st ed Mark Twain Million Pound Bank Note

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1893 1st ed Mark Twain Million Pound Bank Note & Other Stories Comedy & Humor

“…ended by agreeing to decide it by a bet, which is the English way of settling everything.”

– Mark Twain, Million Pound Bank Note.

Mark Twain’s ‘Million Pound Bank Note’ is a short story of the classic tale of ‘rags to riches’. The work shows the prices of success and how to overcome financial adversity. A rare first edition in decorative cloth binding.

Item number: #13741

Price: $599

TWAIN, Mark.

The £1,000,000 bank-note: and other new stories

New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., ©1893. First edition. 1st printing

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

[8], 9-260, [2], 9, [1]

References: BAL 3436

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure

Decorative cloth

Size: ~8in X 5.5in (20cm x 14cm)

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1893 1st ed Mark Twain Million Pound Bank Note

Name: 1893 1st ed Mark Twain Million Pound Bank Note
SKU: 101305342
Price: 480 USD
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