Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches by Mark Twain - 1878

NY: Slote, Woodman and Co. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1878. Hardcover. Green cloth stamped in black. Ex-University library with green tape to spine, library bookplate, and two removed bookplates. Tape reinforced hinges. Second edition with Scrap Book ad to rear paste down, author's name in autograph form on title page. 140 pp plus 4 pages of ads. 16 lines of text p. 101. Points bumped/exposed. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

This is a collection of short stories, "Punch, Brothers, Punch!" and Other Sketches by MARK TWAIN. 1878 1st edition, 2nd state; Slote, Woodman & Co.; New York. With vignettes at the beginning and end of each story. There are 9 short stories in all. The book is smaller in size - it measures 6" tall x 4 1/2" wide. With an advertisement for "Mark Twain's Patent Scrap-Book" at the back."Punch, Brothers, Punch!" is about Twain's encounter with an "earworm" (a "virus-like" jingle), and how it occupies his mind for several days until he manages to "infect" another person, thus removing the jingle from his mind.Condition:Clean covers and spine with no stains; sharp corners; bright gilt lettering on the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. A thin, light stain appears around page 95 at the upper and outer edges and gradually gets bigger through to the end of the book; there is also a stain at the upper-outer corner of the title page and contents page. Name/address written in pencil on front… Read More

New York: Slote, Woodman & Co, 1878. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Second state of Twain's collection of sketches. The original brick-red paper wrappers are bound in a sturdy early hardcover binding, and so remain remarkably bright and clean. Collated with Johnson's 'Bibliography of Mark Twain'. Twain's name on the title page is printed in facsimile autograph, three-line postscript on page 101. Wear and loss to the outer spine, crease to the inner back paper cover. 4.75 x 6

New York: Slote, Woodman & Co, 1878. Second Edition. Hardcover. Small Octavo, 140, [4] pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Second edition, with Twain's name printed as facsimile autograph on title page, as well as issue points present on pages 91 and 101. Clothing binding 2, with blue endpapers decorated with caricatures, and illustrations of Twain's scrapbook on rear pastedown. Scuffing along edges of boards. Fraying to cloth on head and tail of spine. Light bumping to corners. Age-toning to interior pages. With four pages of advertisements in rear. Shelved in Case 13. BAL 3378. 1376204. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Slote, Woodman & Co, 1878. Second Edition. Hardcover. Small Octavo, 140, [4] pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Second edition, with Twain's name printed as facsimile autograph on title page, as well as issue points present on pages 91 and 101. Cloth binding 2, with illustration of Twain's scrapbook on rear pastedown. Scuffing to boards and along edges. Fraying and chipping to cloth on spine and corners. Some splitting to hinge of spine, measuring about one inch from head. Age-toning and scatterd foxing to interior pages. Front free endpaper and title page detached from textblock but loose within. With four pages of advertisements in rear. Shelved in Case 13. BAL 3378. 1376364. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Slote, Woodman & Co., 1878. First edition, second issue. Minor wrinkling to front free endpaper and next two pages, spine tips fraying, still very goo with hinges firm, in custom mylar cover.. Blue cloth decoratively stamped in black. Blanck, 3378.

Slote, Woodman & Co. Collectible - Good. New York: Slote, Woodman & Co., 1878. 16mo. 140pp. Illus. Good+ book. Spine ends worn. Embossed orange cloth boards a bit edgeworn and corners bent; back board a bit rubbed. Inquire if you need further information.

New York:: Slote, Woodman & Co.,, [1878].. First edition.. publisher's red wrappers printed in gold and black; preserved in a custom slipcase and chemise.. Front wrapper neatly reatttached; tiny chips to corner of wrapper and bottom of spine; old gift inscription.. 12mo,. BAL 3378; state I; first state of binding.

New York: Slote, Woodman & Co, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Small Octavo, 140 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. First edition, with Twain's name printed in roman on title page. Cloth binding 1, with undecorated endpapers and illustration of Twain's scrapbook on rear pastedown. Scuffing to boards and along edges. Fraying and chipping to cloth on spine and corners. Age-toning and foxing to interior pages. Signature of previous owner on front free endpaper. Shelved in Case 13. BAL 3378. 1376366. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Slote, Woodman & Company, (1878). First Edition. wraps. Minor wear to wraps, crease to lower front corner. Very Good. Publisher's printed pictorial orange wraps. BAL 3378: "Second Edition," though second printing might be more accurate.