Search Results: the prince and pauper by twain mark clemens

London: Minster Classics, 1968. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Handling wear with scuffing, creases and dust spotting on cover and spine. Dust marks on closed page edges.

Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931-01-01. Hardcover. Good.

Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 265 pp. Light rubbing to the extremities of the covers. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean.

Berlin, Neufeld & Henius [um 1922].. 176 S., mit zahlr. Textill. von Georg A. STROEDEL. HLn. mit mont. Vordferumschlag. Papierbedingt gebräunt. Vgl. Klotz 7529/83, textident mit der Ausg. Spamer, Leipzig 1905.

Grosset & Dunlap--Companion Library, 1965. pictorial cover, blue ribbon endpapers, corners/edges/& head-heel of spine are bumped, soil marks on upper cover, scruff marks.. Unknown Edition. Hard Cover. G++/No DJ.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Earl Mayan and Frank Vaughn. 155 pp. (Kipling). 256 pp. (Clemens). The lightest of rubbing to the cover edges. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean.

NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1919. Hardcover. good/no jacket. 5.75x8"x1". 280 pgs. Blue cloth boards w/ Twain's emblem in gilt on front. Gilt emblem and letters on spine. Colophon on title page. G-T letters on copy right page. Frontispiece: "Tom Rose and kissed the King's Hand." Dedication. Quote from Shakespeare. Contents. List of illustrations in B&W, w/7 additional. Preface. Spine straight, binding tight, slight tone, unmarked. Water stain to bottom of covers. Ghost sticker to back cover. "This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-century England, centers around the lives of two boys born in London on the same day: Edward, Prince of Wales and Tom Canty, a street beggar. During a chance encounter, the two realize they are identical and, as a lark, decide to exchange clothes and roles--a situation that briefly, but drastically, alters the lives of both youngsters. The Prince, dressed in rags, wanders about the city's boisterous… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers Book. Near Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, dark blue cloth with spine lettered and decorated in gold. Top edge gilt. 315 pages. Volume XV [of 25} in the National Author's Edition of Twain's Writings. Illustrated with frontispiece and two full page plates by F.T. Merrill. Circa 1909.. No previous ownership marks. Spine faded but readable, dulled by age. A clean, tight and unmarked copy. Near very good. .

New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1921. First Thus. . Leatherette. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Thus, the "Authorized" Edition. Hard cover 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall bound uniformly in green Faux Leather (leatherette), w/ gilt spine titles, dec and rules. Fine/No Jacket. 281pp., illustrated in b/w reproductions and frontis reproduction from text.

New York, New York: Baronet Books. Hardcover. Fine. Brendan Lynch. 238 pages, 16 chapters, one of the Great Illustrated Classics Series #C224-22 at the top of the spine. I had to gently separate two pages near the back of the book and I believe it has never been read. Available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box!

New York: Grosset & Dunlap (Companion Library), 1965. Book. Illus. by Frank Vaughn. Very Good. Hardcover. Copyright. Hardback: illustrated by FRANK VAUGHN, nice colour pictorial covers are a little rubbed at spine tips and corners, light foredge foxing plus a few internal marks, vg. 8vo, 256pp.Set in 16th century London..

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. Slightly worn and soiled. .

Airmont, 1964. CL32, pictorial cover with white & orange ltrs, introuction by Lucy Mabry Fitzpatrick, complete and unabridged, clean & tight.. 1st Printiing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

GB: Chatto & Windus, 1908. Cover sellotaped on to book.. Popular Edition. Large Paperback. Poor.

New York: The Goldsmith Publishing Company. VERY GOOD in GOOD jacket. Textblock appears clean. Binding sound. Owner's name. Jacket bright with one tiny closed tear.. Circa 1910. Original binding. Orange cloth hardcover with black lettering. Pictorial Dust jacket now in clear plastic BRODART protector. 252pp.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 5.5 x 8, xii + 282 pages. Tightly bound in attractive red cloth with gold stamping (faded to dark brown on the back strip); interior is clean with foxing only on the title page (opposite the book's one tipped-in illustration).

New York: The Heritage Press, 1964. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Clarke Hutton. 221 pp. Spine tanned and scuffed. Slipcase sunned.

The Prince and the Pauper, which tells of Prince Edward Tudor of Wales and the pauper Tom Canty, whose uncanny resemblance allows they to switch places and learn about each others lives, was the first foray into historical fiction for Mark Twain. It also served as a vehicle for commentary on social injustice.
This copy is in Good condition. There is an inscription reading "To Rhoda, From Elizabeth Dec.1944" on the front endpapers as well as a sticker, and the pages also show some age-related discolouration. The binding is tight and the text is entirely legible. There is some bumping and wear to the boards and the cloth covering them, and the dust jacket is in Fair condition, being very faded and having some tears, particularly in the corners and at the top of the spine.

The Heritage Press, 1964-01-01. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. light wear. edgewear. in a good box. Good copy.

The Heritage Press, 1964. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. The Heritage Press, copyright 1964. 221 pages. Illustrated. 10.5 x 7.5", cloth, slipcase. The Heritage Club Sandglass Number IX: 29 inserted. Bookplate University of Massachusetts Professor Arthur F. Kinney.. Clean, tight, very good/very good.