The Illustrated Mark Twain by ed. By Roy Gasson - 1978

Paperback. Good.

new orchard editions, 1978. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Price-clipped. Browning to pages..

Poole: New Orchard Editions Copy in grey cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Folio edges are tanned. Slight crack in front hinge. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with b/w plates and illustrations.

New Orchard Editions Ltd, Poole, Dorset, No date. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. 700 grammes; XXIV, 238 pages, last 2 blank, list of illustrations, introduction by editor, filmography and bibliography. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography, black-and-white illustrations -- both contemporary and modern, and black-and-white film stills. Grey coloured boards. The major fault with the book is the cheap paper used in production, which has caused significant browning to the paper edges and to the internal pages as well. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a paddle steamer, against a dull green background and black writing on the front panel and spine. Very light creasing of the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. This book is a chronologically arranged selection of Mark Twain's writing, showing how misanthropy and disillusionment becomes less and less concealed in his writings as he grew older. Size: 4to 9¾" -… Read More

New Orchard Editions, Poole, 1978. 1st edition thus. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g./V.g.. Pages lightly tanned. No inscriptions.

New Orchard Editions, 1978-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in.

London: New Orchard Editions Ltd., 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 234 pages. Numerous black and white illustrations. Shows Twain as one of those rare writers whose common touch never falters. Editor's introduction traces the strange, tragic, self-tortured life of Samuel Clemens and puts the stories and selections in the perspective of Twain's other writings. Unmarked. Moderate edgewear to dust jacket. Some yellowing to pages. Light wear to book..