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A Connecticut Yankee in king Arthur's court by Mark Twain.
by TWAIN, Mark
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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1889 Mark TWAIN 1st ed Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Magic Novel
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."
― Mark Twain
A first edition printing of the famous Mark Twain novel, "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." Follow A Yankee engineer from Connecticut who is accidentally transported back in time to the court of King Arthur, where he fools the inhabitants of that time into thinking he is a magician!
A rare first edition published in 1889.
Item number: #30535
Price: $750
TWAIN, Mark
A Connecticut Yankee in king Arthur's court by Mark Twain.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1889. First edition
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xv, [1], 17-575, [3]
o 220 illustrations
· References: BAL 3429; MacDonnell, 48-49
· Notes on edition:
o Half-title not on verso of frontispiece
o Does not include 'S' device on p.59
o Unbroken text on p. 72
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.5in X 6.75in (21.5cm x 17cm)
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Synopsis
The original American satiristCracked on the head by a crowbar in nineteenth-century Connecticut, Hank Morgan wakes to find himself in King Arthur's England. Branded by Twain's aptitude for broad comedy and biting social satire, the grim truths of Twain's Camelot-fear, injustice, ignorance-resound as clearly now as when it was written
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30535
- Title
- A Connecticut Yankee in king Arthur's court by Mark Twain.
- Author
- TWAIN, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles L. Webster & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1889
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1889 Mark TWAIN 1st ed Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Magic Novel, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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