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1892 Mark TWAIN 1st editions Merry Tale Detective

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1892 Mark TWAIN 1st editions Merry Tale Barreled Detective Eve’s Diary 4v SET

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

― Mark Twain

A fine set of Mark Twain first editions!

Mark Twain and his works were immensely popular all on their own. Such notable characters as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn stood out about other 19th-century literary characters, and not just in the United States.

Item number: #8979

Price: $750

TWAIN, Mark

Works

First editions – see below for publishing information

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Collation: Complete with all pages

Merry Tales

New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892. First Edition

BAL 3435

Eve's Diary. Extracts from Adam’s Diary.

London & New York: Harper & Bros. printed in U.S.A., 1906. First edition. 1st printing.

BAL 3489

Edition Note

Published ‘June, 1906” on copyright page

A Double Barrelled Detective Story

New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1902. First edition.

BAL 3471

Edition Note

No priority on the various forms of this first edition with both A and B states with endpapers and on wove paper.

The American Claimant

New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1907. First edition.

BAL 3497

Edition Note

Copyright page: has “published February 1907” and a boxed advertisement for the Uniform Mark Twain, 17 titles listed; and, 6 titles under the heading Other Books by Mark Twain.

Inserted frontispiece has captioned: Mark Twain [1906]

Our issue contains 6 lines in the list of illustrations. (The list of illustrations is set in 8 lines including the heading and all turned lines. In a later issue the list of illustrations is 6 lines.)

Language: English

Binding: Leather and Cloth; tight and secure

Rare and desirable collection!

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