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TWENTY-FOUR PAMPHLETS AND STORIES. Includes: English as She is Taught; To the Person Sitting in Darkness;  A Dog's Tale; The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg;  A Double Barreled Detective Story

TWENTY-FOUR PAMPHLETS AND STORIES. Includes: English as She is Taught; To the Person Sitting in Darkness; A Dog's Tale; The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg; A Double Barreled Detective Story

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TWENTY-FOUR PAMPHLETS AND STORIES. Includes: English as She is Taught; To the Person Sitting in Darkness; A Dog's Tale; The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg; A Double Barreled Detective Story

by Twain, Mark

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Original Wraps. First appearance in print of the above titles, some unbound, some in wrappers, mostly octavo; all housed together in an attractive green quarter-leather slipcase with chemise. Including: (1) To the Person Sitting in Darkness, in The North American Review, No. DXXXI, Feb., 1901. First published edition, 8vo, pp. 161-176; stapled, unbound. (2) A Dog's Tale. Illustrated, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, Dec. 1903, pp 11-19; 8vo, stapled, brown paper wraps. First appearance in print. (3) The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Dec. 1899, pp. 29-54; 8vo, staples, brown paper wraps. First appearance in print. (4) A Double-barreled Detective Story, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, part I, Jan. 1902 pp 256-270; part II, Feb. 1902, pp. 429-441. First appearance in print. (5) English as She is Taught, taken from Century Magazine, 1887, pp. 932-936, stapled, unbound. First appearance in print. In all 24 items by Twain or about Twain. Complete descriptions are available upon request.

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