The Love Letters of Mark Twain
by Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]; edited by Dixon Wecter
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. Letters written mostly to Livy while courting and after their marriage; with a few from her to him, some to his daughters & parents. Hardcover as pictured, missing the jacket. Stated first edition (first printing) with date code I-Y, September, 1949. General wear, corners bumped & frayed, spine gilt dull, some stains in & out; bookplate, ink name & note, bookseller label; no jacket. [8], 374 pages; noteson persons mentioned, checklist of letters to Livy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0911
- Title
- The Love Letters of Mark Twain
- Author
- Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]; edited by Dixon Wecter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Modern First Editions, Literature, Memoir, Autobiography, Courtship
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...