CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). The Prince
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CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). The Prince and the Pauper. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882.
8vo (214 x 165mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece, numerous illustrations in text. (A few tiny stains.) Original publisher's half calf gilt, marbled boards, marbled edges (some light rubbing or wear).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of the author's first historical novel. Mixed state: BAL's first state printing, with Franklin Press imprint on copyright, but this copy with text on p.124 in corrected state, line 1 reading 'canopy of state' as in captioned illustration (instead of 'canopy of estate' in earlier state). BAL 3402; Johnson, pp. 39-41.
8vo (214 x 165mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece, numerous illustrations in text. (A few tiny stains.) Original publisher's half calf gilt, marbled boards, marbled edges (some light rubbing or wear).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of the author's first historical novel. Mixed state: BAL's first state printing, with Franklin Press imprint on copyright, but this copy with text on p.124 in corrected state, line 1 reading 'canopy of state' as in captioned illustration (instead of 'canopy of estate' in earlier state). BAL 3402; Johnson, pp. 39-41.
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CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). The Prince
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