THE TRAGEDY OF PUDD'NHEAD WILSON AND THE COMEDY OF THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS.
Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, 1894. First Edition, First State. Thick octavo, 432 pages; VG-; in publisher's brown cloth with black tooling and gilt titling; slight bumping to corners; boards have some soiling and discoloration, fraying and two small holes to tail of spine; some rubbing to lower edges of boards; binding slightly cracked at signature breaks; mild finger smudges; frontispiece photograph of Twain; beautiful engravings framing every page; with a short introduction by Mark Twain; First state, with conjugate title page, gatherings 1-2, 4, 6-8 unsigned, frontispiece with facsimile signature 1-7/16 inches wide, text block measuring 1 1/8 inches; the preferred American edition, published simultaneously with the English; shelved case 2.
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Price: $500