How to Tell a Story and Other Essays
by Mark Twain
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - near very good
- Seller
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San Diego, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897. First. Hardcover . Used - near very good. 12mo; 233pp. First edition first issue with 'Ciper' for 'Cipher' (187/16). BAL 3449. Rebound in half-leather and green linen, the original red cover bound in at the end. Textblock square and clean. Covers lightly rubbed, more so to spine and spine folds. Spine leather lightened a bit but gilt lettering still bold. Cloth covers with faint staining.
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Details
- Bookseller
- La Playa Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41859
- Title
- How to Tell a Story and Other Essays
- Author
- Mark Twain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1897
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About the Seller
La Playa Books
Biblio member since 2017
San Diego, California
About La Playa Books
La Playa Books is a used, new and antiquarian brick and mortar shop located in San Diego, CA. We specialize in history, literature and the sciences. We've been open since 2016.
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- Rebound
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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