The Canvasser's Tale: Atlantic Monthly Vol. 38 No. 20 December 1876
by Mark Twain
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Kirkland, Washington, United States
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About This Item
First appearance of Mark Twain's "The Canvasser's Tale." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume XXXVIII.--Number 20. December 1876 Back cover missing; fraying to spine and edges light foxed area on lower right of pages but otherwise pages are very clean, some pages uncut (see three photos). Twain began writing for The Atlantic Monthly in 1874. Quite rare as such individual issues were often bound in hardcover collections. Issue also includes an installment of Henry James's "The American" and "Daniel Deronda: A Conversation." A true first printing of a Twain story.
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- Seller
- Books Northwest (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 2005
- Title
- The Canvasser's Tale
- Author
- Mark Twain
- Format/Binding
- Paper covers
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing first edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Atlantic Monthly
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1876
- Size
- 6 1/2" x 9 3/4"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Twain first printing
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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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...