Salesman's Sample for the Underwood Edition of The Writings of Mark Twain

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Sale 457: Fine & Rare Books from Two Private Collections (with additions) (#457) 06/30/2011 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 06/30/2011 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #249Salesman's Sample for the Underwood Edition of The Writings of Mark Twain

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Sale 457: Fine & Rare Books from Two Private Collections (with additions) (#457) 06/30/2011 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 06/30/2011 1:00 PM PDT

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Title:

Salesman's Sample for the Underwood Edition of The Writings of Mark Twain

Author:

Twain, Mark

Place Published:

Hartford

Publisher:

American Publishing Company

Date Published:

[c. 1901]

Description:

16 etched plates, including title page, portrait frontispiece, and 15 plates from artwork by various illustrators. Also includes specimen title page and text pages from several works. (8vo), pebbled leather stamped in gilt, sample cloth backstrip mounted inside rear cover.

Rare. WorldCat locates but a single copy of this prospectus at the University of California, Berkeley.

Condition:

Spine ends chipped, some light wear to leather; chip in lower margin of a few leaves at rear; very good.

Item#:

219879

Headline:

Salesman's Sample for Mark Twain's Works
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