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Lot 192
Sale 1241 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Nov 10, 2023
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Live / Chicago
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CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (“Mark Twain”) (1835-1910). The Prince and the Pauper a Tale for Young People of All Ages. Boston: James R. Osgood & Company, 1882.
8vo (210 x 160 mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece, numerous illustrations, 2pp. blank at the end. Original half calf gilt, spine with red and blue calf lettering-pieces gilt, marbled boards, marbled edges (rubbing, some light soiling). Provenance: Esther Wilde (ownership signature).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the Franklin imprint on the copyright page, of the author’s first historical novel. BAL 3402; Johnson, pp. 39-41.