Mark Twain's Sketches; New and Old
Hartford, Conn. The American Publishing Company, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 17-320 pp. Bound in bright blue cloth with decorations stamped in black on the boards and spine, with gold decorations on the front board and spine, tan endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a woodcut frontispiece, and with several in-text and full-page woodcuts. BAL 3364. McBride 35. Second issue lacking the repeated footnote and the spurious "From Hospital Days". An amusing collection of short stories, beautifully illustrated, from one of the most important and beloved figures in American literature. Very Good or better. Item #000016013
Very Good or better with a few hints of wear to the extremities.
Price: $500.00