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The Prince And The Pauper; A Tale For Young People Of All Ages. With One Hundred And Ninety-Two Illustrations
by Twain, Mark
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- first
- Condition
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882. First American Edition, Second Issue. Cloth. Very good. First American edition, second issue of The Price and The Pauper by Mark Twain.. Octavo, 411pp. Original publisher's green cloth, title in gilt on spine and front cover. Illustrations stamped in gilt and black on front cover. Binding State "A" with center rosette on spine 1/8" below fillet. Solid text block, light wear to edges of covers, faint toning along top edge of leaves. Spine professionally rebacked, expert repairs to hinges. Previous ownership inscription in pencil to front flyleaf. First edition with the Franklin Press imprint on copyright page. Second issue with "estate" corrected to "state" on page 124, line 1; "do not" corrected to "do" on page 263; and "reigned" corrected to "reined" on page 362. (BAL 3402) (McBride, 70) An attractive example, with bright gilt embellishments.
Synopsis
The Prince and the Pauper is an English language novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada before its 1882 publication in the United States. The book represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. Set in 1547, the novel tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court, London, and Edward VI of England, son of Henry VIII of England.
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- Title
- The Prince And The Pauper; A Tale For Young People Of All Ages. With One Hundred And Ninety-Two Illustrations
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Illustrator
- First American edition, second issue of The Price and The Pauper by Mark Twain.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, Second Issue
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1882
- Keywords
- Samuel Clemens, Samuel Longhorne Clemens, Huckleberry Finn, Huck Finn, Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens, Adventure of Huckleberry Finn, first edition Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Mysterious Stranger Twain, Roughing It Twain, Life ON
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