Mark Twain In Eruption Hitherto Unpublished Pages About Men And Events By Mark Twain Edited And With An Introduction By Bernard Devoto - 1st Edition/1st Printing
de Twain, Mark [; Samuel Langhorne Clemens]
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Librería
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New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1940. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ 1940 Mark Twain first edition in Very Good dust-jacket, slight chipping and small tear on back cover. As referenced in BAL #3564, title page in black and red, terra-cotta imitation buckram binding with publisher's device stamped in blue on front. On copyright page: first edition; and, code letters K-P, signifying printed October, 1940. This is the 1940 first edition, selected by Bernard DeVoto from the unpublished parts of Twain's autobiography, copyrighted 1922; Editor and Twain scholar Bernard DeVoto took Twain's literary and opinionated anecdotes, asides, and discourses and shaped them into semi-autobiographical form for publication in 1940. Twain rambles along here discussing everything from Andrew Carnegie to Kipling. The result is an insider's look at the literary Mark Twain with insight as to why and how his humor became American folklore; 8vo .
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- Librería
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 13021
- Título
- Mark Twain In Eruption Hitherto Unpublished Pages About Men And Events By Mark Twain Edited And With An Introduction By Bernard Devoto - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Autor
- Twain, Mark [; Samuel Langhorne Clemens]
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edición
- First Edition; First Printing
- Editorial
- Harper & Brothers
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1940
- Palabras clave
- Autobiography Biography, Classic Literature, Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Satire Humor Irony
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Books On Books; By Year Of Issue / 1920s; Legendary Authors / Twain, Mark; By Year Of Issue / 1940s;
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- Device
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