mark twain pseud samuel langhorn (3 résultats)

Donald Mc Kay (illustrateur). Limited edition #531/2000 copies, imperial 8vo (10.5 x 7.5), pp. (1-10), 11-131, (1) colophon illustrated throughout in b/w after drawings by Donald Mc Kay with his facsimile signature below the colophon. Original tan calf backed color pictorial cloth in original title printed slip case. Near fine clean bright copy with fine clean, unmarked, complete sheets in near fine slipcase. Gilt stamped oval leather book plate (1 3/8 x 1 1/8 inches) on the front paste down endpaper and short neat by hand gift inscription dated April 4, 1947 by Elizabeth Manwaring on the front free endpaper. H11168 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 2 to 5 days of cleared payment. The estimated shipping times and estimated arrival dates given in the listing are not provided by us and are usually wrong or very misleading. We do not pay for any foreign taxes or customs duties and have no information about them. These are the responsibility of the buyer. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.

Soft cover. Etat : Collectible-Very Good. First American (and 1st separate) Editio. (1900). Original printed wrappers, small crease back cover, otherwise a fine copy. Bibliography of American Literature number 3465. Second state, with corrected word on page 16. 28 pages, plus one page of advertising for other books by the publisher.

First American Edition. Later state of the text, with the following points corrected: cancel title leaf with copyright page dated 1884, p.9 with "Decides," p.13 with the illustration "Him and Another Man" listed on p.87, "with the saw" on p.57, p.283 with straight fly on cancel leaf, p.155 with the final '5' slightly larger, signature mark lacking on p.161, leaf 238 present as final blank, and frontispiece without the tablecloth present and Photo-Gravure Company imprint. Octavo (22cm); publisher's original green cloth, with titling and pictorial elements stamped in black and gilt on spine and front cover; [9],10-366,[4]pp; illus. Wear to spine ends (especially at heel), some rubbing to corners and lower board edges, a few scuffs and a very faint stain to rear cover, with some rubbing to text edges; a few faint spots of finger-soil to margins, else text is pretty clean; hinges sound; unrepaired, Very Good or better. A pleasing copy of Twain's most enduring work the quintessential American novel. BAL 3415.