english taught biographical sketch author de mark twain (8 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 12mo. Pp.28 [1]. Second issue with correction on p. 16. With a Biographical Sketch of the author by Matthew Irving Lans. A very good to near fine copy in green cloth boards printed in red and black. Light rubbing to extremities; owner's name to ffep.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. No DJ. First Edition/Second State (corrected "fivc", p.15, l.5). Hardcover. Cloth variant of this well known issue. Overall, a rather handsome copy. Light shelf/edge wear, light fraying at head and heel, soft bump at bottom edge, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, red ink lettering, black ink lettering and decorative elements. 12mo. 28pp plus 1p ads. First Edition/Second State (corrected "fivc", p.15, l.5).

Hardcover. 1st Am. ed. 28p. BAL 3465 (state 2) Very good condition, gift inscription on flyleaf.

(c.1887 cloth, also MBC 1900 cloth variant). First edition, second issue (with "five" -not "fivc"- on pp. 16, line 5). Gray stitched-wraps, printed and decorated black, green and red), thick paper issue, uncut. 12mo. pp. [vii], 8-28, [1] Ad, [3] blank. Good/In custom clear archival cover. Foxing starting, red quill ink owner top pp. [vi] above "Works of Mark Twain". Small spine chip with cover and beginning signature joint split to first stitch hole (corresponding in length to line on cover scan which reads "of Author"), otherwise overall very good. (BAL 3465).

1st US edition, 1st issue (BAL 3465). 28 pp + 1 pp advert at rear, 12mo. Title's first appearace was London, 1887. Good (damp discolorations spots to lower half of front wrapper & tideline on rear wrapper [not affecting textblock]/front joint starting). Grey printed wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve.

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.

Hardcover. First U.S. edition, second state. (actually the first separate edition of the "Commentary" which Twain contributed to the Le Row edition of "English as She is Taught" London: 1887, BAL 3420). 8vo., orig. green cloth stamped in black and red, 28, (2)pp.ads. Bookplate, name blindstamped on the titlepage, o/w an about fine copy. BAL 3465.

First American Edition. First printing. Wrappered issue. Second state of text, with typographical error corrected on p.16. 12mo. Text edges untrimmed. Original printed wrappers, 28,(2)pp. A pleasing copy, just lightly worn with the text fresh, clean and unmarked. Humorous extracts from the writing of public schoolchildren, intended not as a lampoon of schoolchildren but rather of a system of rote education that favored senseless memorization over critical engagement. Preceded by a London edition in 1887. BAL 3465.