Search Results: the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras by twain mark samuel

New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. xliv, [2], 198 pages (facsimile text), 33 pages afterword, contributors, acknowledgments, [3]. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait of a young Samuel Clemens and a picture of the original book cover published in 1867.

West Virginia: West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company [WESTVACO], 1959. First thus, 1959. Fine in worn slipcase. One in a series of limited editions intended as gifts for employees and clients of West Virginia Pulp Paper, Christmas 1959. Buff colored hardcover with dark green leatherette spine, tan slipcase. The book is in fine condition, looks and feels new and unread, tight binding, clean pages no names or other markings. The slipcase has shelf soil and rubbing, scuffed area, structurally sound.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair Slipcase. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: George Routledge & Sons George Routledge,firts English ed? London, nd. Hbk, various page numbers, text yellowed, edges foxed, well rebound w new eps maroon cover w quarter bound black spine w original spine label glued on, good copy, very scarce. All of our books are in the shop, and are 'real' books. We try to post the same day as the order. Descriptions are conservative. Postage rates may be lower than ABE estimate, please use Ask Bookseller a Question to confirm availability and postage cost, use [Ask Bookseller a Question] option below to confirm availability and get accurate postage quote for this item (the amount quoted is for an 'average' hard-cover book of up to 1kg in weight)

New York: C.H. Webb, 1867. First Edition. 198pp. Duodecimo [17.5] Beveled brown boards with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. A jumping frog is gilt stamped on the front board and blind stamped on the rear board. Contemporary inscription on the tipped in front free endsheet with advertisement on the verso. Discreetly rebacked with the original backstrip laid over. First edition with unbroken type on pages 21, 61 and 198 and the inserted advertisement at the front. Perhaps no short sketch of Twain's so quickly won wide popularity as did 'The Jumping Frog.' Calaveras County, California, is known to thousands who have never seen the Golden State simply because of this gem of humor. This little volume, the author's first published book, came into being under the sponsorship of Charles Henry Webb - who also edited it under his pseudonym of 'John Paul.' To accompany 'The Jumping Frog' he chose twenty-six other sketches. Zamorano Eighty: 17. Wheat Books 43. Cowan p.49. BAL 3310.

New York: C.H. Webb, 1867. CONDITION: Good, re-backed with original spine laid down, loss to head and foot of original spine, 1960s gift inscription in ink on preliminary leaf. First edition, first printing. With the uncommon placement of the gilt frog in the center of the front cover, not the lower left corner. BAL 3310.

New York: C.H. Webb, 1867. First edition, first printing of the author's rare first book. Octavo, original cloth, first issue lacking the leaf of ads facing the title page but with unbroken type on pages 21, 66 and 198. In very good condition with light wear to the extremities. A sharp example. Perhaps no short sketch of Twain's so quickly won wide popularity as did 'The Jumping Frog.' Calaveras County, California, is known to thousands who have never seen the Golden State simply because of this gem of humor. This little volume, the author's first published book, came into being under the sponsorship of Charles Henry Webb-who also edited it under his pseudonym of 'John Paul.' To accompany 'The Jumping Frog' he chose twenty-six other sketches, of which at least two, 'Curing a Cold' and 'The Story of the Bad Little Boy Who Didn't Come to Grief,' later attained the distinction of being incorporated into recitation books for the delectation… Read More

New York: C. H. Webb, 1867. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first issue with one page of publisher's preliminary ad leaf facing the title page and unbroken type on pages 21, 66 and 198. Bound in publisher's original pebbled red cloth with beveled edges, titles in gilt on upper board and spine, with frog stamped in gilt on the lower left corner of the upper board and in blind on the lower board. Very Good or better with shallow chipping to spine ends, soiling to cloth. Superficial crack with a possible glue repair to front inner hinge, bookseller tickets to front and rear endsheets, and small stains to rear free endpaper. The author's first published book.