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The Jumping Frog - 1st Edition
by Twain, Mark [; Samuel Langhorne Clemens]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: Harper & Brothers. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1903. First Edition; First Printing. Original Cloth. A just about Fine first edition in the original red decorated cloth, gently rubbed and little fading to spine. In the elusive, nearly Fine dust-jacket with only a minor chip to the bottom of the spine. In custom made 1/3 leather cloth double slipcase. Hard to imagine a nicer copy can be found; The Jumping Frog in English, then in French, then clawed back into a civilized language once more by patient, unremunerated toil. First separate publication, save for a note at pp 64 - reprinted from its first appearance in Sketches, 1875. BAL 3477; 8vo; [4], 66, [2] pages; One copy missing .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29144
- Title
- The Jumping Frog - 1st Edition
- Author
- Twain, Mark [; Samuel Langhorne Clemens]
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by F. Strothman
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Satire Humor Irony
- Bookseller catalogs
- Legendary Authors / Twain, Mark; Legendary Books; By Year Of Issue / 1900s; ABAA-VBF;
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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