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The £1,000,000 Bank-Note
by Mark Twain
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Hudson, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
This is a vintage copy of "The £1,000,000,000 Bank-Note" by MARK TWAIN. Circa 1947 (based on the date of the introduction); The Comet Press; New York. The book features illustrations in color by Marvin Bileck. Limited Edition - this copy is one of only 1,700 printed.
From a review: "'The £1,000,000 Bank-Note' charts the magical rags-to-riches ascent of a virtuous and resourceful mining broker's clerk from San Francisco who arrives in London with a single dollar in his pocket, and proceeds to ultimate and splendid financial success and fame in London society - a paean to ingenuity and a celebration of its cunning confidence-man narrator."
Condition:
Light soiling to the covers; the front cover has some light foxing along the top and bottom edges; the back cover has some staining. Clean spine. Tiny cloth tears at 3 of the cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Nice interior - the text pages are clean with only a small, light foxing spot at the outer margin of page 46. There is foxing along the gutter between the end papers and pastedowns. Overall the book is in Very Good- condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- CraigsClassics
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7809
- Title
- The £1,000,000 Bank-Note
- Author
- Mark Twain
- Illustrator
- Marvin Bileck
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Comet Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- mark twain, huckleberry finn, tom sawyer, roughing it, celebrated jumping frog, innocents abroad, tramp abroad, life on the mississippi, connecticut yankee king arthurs court, following the equator, adams diary, captain stormfields visit heaven
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Fiction;
Terms of Sale
CraigsClassics
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
CraigsClassics
Biblio member since 2018
Hudson, New Hampshire
About CraigsClassics
My store offers a curated selection of antiquarian books in a variety of topics with an emphasis on classic literature and children's classics. I take pride in providing great customer service with prompt replies to offers and inquiries, careful packaging and next-day shipping. Based in scenic southern New Hampshire.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- New
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