HOW TO TELL A STORY and Other Essays
by TWAIN, MARK [Samuel L. Clemens]
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Tampa , Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. Hardcover. Good. 12mo (18x12 cm). - [6], 233 pages. - Rebound in 1/2 leather with strong green cloth covers, title on spine in gilt. - Ex- library copy, with traces of the circulation card removed. - First edition, first printing, with the misprint "ciper" (for "cipher") present uncorrected on Line16 of Page 187.
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- Bookseller
- Bibiliophilia Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000334
- Title
- HOW TO TELL A STORY and Other Essays
- Author
- TWAIN, MARK [Samuel L. Clemens]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- FIRST EDITIONS - FIRST PRINTINGS - LITERATURE - ESSAYS - 19TH CENTURY LITERATURE - AMERICAN LITERATURE -- MISPRINT
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About Bibiliophilia Books
Formerly Helena Szepe Books of Chicago, we have close to 40 years experience as sellers of antiquarian, rare, and interesting books and ephemera. We have recently moved ourselves and our books to sunny Florida.Specialties: Art, Early Printed Books, Science, Scholarly Books, German Books, Hungarian Books.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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- Rebound
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- Cloth
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- 12mo
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....