MY MARK TWAIN
de Howells, William Dean
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Austin, Texas, United States
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[TWAIN, MARK] [Clemens, S. L.] Howells, William Dean. MY MARK TWAIN. New York & London: Harper, 1910. First edition, first printing, first state of frontispiece portrait and binding, first state of dust jacket. Original sage green cloth, gilt, top edge gilt, dust jacket. Fine copy, in very good jacket with some chips, of this important memoir by one of Twain's closest friends. Howells knew Twain almost from the very beginning of Twain's writing career, and famously crowned him "sole, incomparable, the Lincoln of our literature." . BAL II:251:col.1. BAL 9803.
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- Mac Donnell Rare Books
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- 23600
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- MY MARK TWAIN
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- Howells, William Dean
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- Palabras clave
- CLEMENS, S L , BIOGRAPHY , DJ , TWAIN, MARK
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The owner of Mac Donnell Rare Books is a former rare book librarian and widely published bibliographer with more than 40 years experience in rare books. We maintain a fine rare book inventory of 19th and 20th century American and English literary first editions, association copies, and autographs, with a specialty in Mark Twain. We also offer qualified tax and insurance appraisals, and library development consultation.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Gilt
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- New
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- Jacket
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- BAL
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- First State
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- Fine
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