New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. Solid copy of first printing. First edition stated with correct code of K-P. Unmarked, tight and square. Terra Cotta cloth in form of buckram shows some wear but no major defect. Light soiling to front pastedown and lighter still on rear pastedown. This was edited and with an introduction by Bernard DeVoto from unpublished parts of Twains Autobiography. 402 pages with index. Price intact jacket has light chipping at spine ends and faint soiling on front panel. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 015071
Title: Mark Twain in Eruption
Author: Twain, Mark
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: VG-
Edition: First American Edition
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1940
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Bookseller catalogs: Modern First Editions;

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I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.

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