The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-day [MARK TWAIN FIRST EDITION LIBRARY] [FACSIMILE COLLECTOR'S EDITION of 1873 PUBLICATION]

Twain, Mark; Warner, Charles Dudley.

Edité par Charles Winthrope & Sons, 2013

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New condition dark brown linen boards, gold front cover lettering enclosed within an intricate gold diamond ring design, elaborately designed gold lettered spine, and debossed decorative accents on both front and rear covers. The volume is contained in a near fine condition color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Preface; List of Illustrations; Appendix and Catalogue of Books Published by The American Publishing Co. Also includes gilt page edges on all three sides. Profusely illustrated with full page illustrated plate drawings, frontispiece drawing, and numerous additional black-and-white drawings interspersed throughout the volume. Also includes the exact facsimile reproduction of the original 26-inch long fold-out map of "The Salt Lick Branch of the Pacific R.R.". Most reprints of this novel do not include it or it is chopped into sections and published on normal pages, but Charles Winthrope & Sons has now exactly recreated the map "in precise detail.which "involved a lot of exacting specifications, three rounds of folding dummies, sourcing special paper to match the correct weight.it is here, in all its eccentric glory as Twain and Warner intended, ready to produce full comic effect." The facsimile 1873 title page states: "Fully illustrated from new designs by Hoppin, Stephens, Williams, White, etc., etc." In addition, included is the original 7 3/4 inch by 5 1/2 inch Charles Winthrope & Sons publisher insert which describes some of the exacting details of reproducing Twain's second book, etc., plus an envelope containing a two page (double-sided) document by Paul R. Bienvenue, author and rare book expert, which further describes the bibliography descriptions of The Gilded Age and other particulars of this facsimile collector's edition published by Charles Winthrope & Sons. A 1/2 inch repaired closed tear at lower jacket front edge. "This collector's edition, published by Charles Whinthrope & Sons, represents one of the very earliest forms of the first printing, with typographical errors uncorrected. Original features have been meticulously reproduced, including the 20 full-page plate illustrations and the fold-out map tipped on onto p. 247. The gilded page edges were found on only the smallest fraction of first printng copies. We are confident you will enjoy this beautiful facsimile edition both as a beautiful example of the bookmaker's are and as a literary milestone in our Mark Twain First Edition Library. - With best Wishes, Paul R. Bienvenue." - excerpt from the tipped in Paul R. Beinvenue letter. "The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-day was Mark Twain's only collaborative effort, written with his good friend Charles Dudley Warner. This first-time novel for both authors inspired the name for the post-Civil War time period known for high living among the power elite and rampant political corruption. The duo completed the book between February and April 1873, and it was first published later that year. The Gilded Age sections written by Twain alone concern a poor family in rural Tennessee attempting to sell 75,000 acres of land in a get-rich-quick scheme. After failing to sell it, Silas Hawkins, the family's patriarch, dies and his adopted daughter Laura heads of to Washington to convince the government to buy it. She ends up in the heights of Washington society as a lobbyist. In Warner's opposing tale, two upper class men, Philip Sterling and Henry Brierly, come to Tennessee to acquire land for speculation. For Twain and Warner, it was a wonderful opportunity to satirize the corruption in government, the pretentions of the nouveau riche, the perfidy of salesmen, and the speculative greed that drove the Gilded Age." - from the inner front jacket flap.

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• Titre: The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-day [MARK TWAIN FIRST EDITION LIBRARY] [FACSIMILE COLLECTOR'S EDITION of 1873 PUBLICATION]
• Éditeur: Charles Winthrope & Sons
• Date de parution: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: New
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine