Mark Twain: His Life and Work
by Clemens, Will M
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /No Jacket
- Seller
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Vashon, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: The Clemens Publishing Company. 1892. First edition / 1st Printing.. H Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition / First Printing.. Very good, no dust jacket, rubbed spot on the spine where something was removed, the name "Grant Jackson" is stamped in gold on the front cover, there is a bookplate on the inside front cover, rubbed area on front endpaper where a bookplate has been removed, and on the verso the last printed page and the last blank page the pages are thinned in several areas where someone has erased some pen writing. Despite the listed defects, this is a very solid copy of a hard to find book. 12.5 x 17. hard cover. 211pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Vashon Island Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0791918
- Title
- Mark Twain: His Life and Work
- Author
- Clemens, Will M
- Format/Binding
- H Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First edition / 1st Printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Clemens Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- #1675 Samuel Langhorne Clemens Mark Twain Will Biography
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
Terms of Sale
Vashon Island Books
We accept payment via Credit card, check, money order, and *PayPal* (vashonbooks@comcast.net) . Payment with order. Check (US$ only/US Bank), PayPal or Credit Card (Visa, M/C, AMEX. Discover). 7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). DJs Brodarted. We pack carefully. Shipping: U.S.: $4.00 1st volume, $2.00 each additional volume via book rate. Priority Mail minimum $7.95 (large/heavy cost more). UPS also available at extra cost.
About the Seller
Vashon Island Books
Biblio member since 2003
Vashon, Washington
About Vashon Island Books
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