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London: Chatto & Windus, 1902. Hardcover. Fair. Dan Beard. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt title on front cover and spine. Corners and spne ends slightly bumped, spine torn/loose. Slight fading and foxing inside covers and endpaprers but otherwise in reasonable condition.
A YANKEE AT THE COURT OF KING ARTHUR .. by Twain, Mark (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) - 1889
by Twain, Mark (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
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A YANKEE AT THE COURT OF KING ARTHUR ..
by Twain, Mark (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1889. Octavo, pp. [i-xi] xii [xiii] xiv-xvi [1] 2-525 [526: illustration; printer's imprint] [527: publisher's device] [528: blank] + 32-page publisher's catalogue dated "October, 1889" inserted at rear], 220 illustrations by Dan Beard, original pictorial red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, publisher's monogram stamped in black on rear panel, top edge untrimmed, white endpapers with floral pattern printed in gold. First English edition. The Chatto & Windus edition was published 6 December 1889 as per the author's instructions. The U.S. edition was to have been published 10 December 1889, but copies were apparently released earlier (DLC deposit copy recorded 5 December 1889). At least four contemporary versions of Chatto & Windus catalogues are common to this book, the earliest dated June 1889 (months prior to publication), but are of no apparent significance for establishing a priority of issue. Twain's "best and most influential work of SF ..." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 1247. "The classic 'dark' epoch collision projected backward in time ... the first (and still among the best) of all the 'new maps of hell.'" - Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, pp. 39-40. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 1-45; (1987) 1-25; (1995) 1-25; and (2004) II-1152. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 2-152. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2210. Clareson, Science-Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 757. Lewis, Utopian Literature, pp. 190-91. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 215. Roemer, The Obsolete Necessity: America in Utopian Writings, 1888-1900, p. 187. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 80. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 428-32. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 196. Reginald 14357A. BAL 3429 (note). Spine leaned, spine just a bit sunned, a but a bright, very good or better copy of this attractive book. (#151577)
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- Keywords Dystopia; Fantasy of History; Humor; Satire; Time Travel; Utopian Literature; Victorian Fiction
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A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur
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A Yankee At The Court Of King Arthur
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London: The Zodiac Press, 1957. Green and white decorative cloth, crimson insert to spine with gilt text. 342pp. Lightly foxed endpapers. DJ is priceclipped, edgeworn and chipped with 1 tear and small paper loss to spine head and tail. This story was first published in 1889 and is still a classic.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Chatto, 1912. Three-Quarters Leather. Good. Stamped Musson at bottom of spine .3/4 leather with gilt at spine. Beautifully illustrated throughout. Marbled endpapers and top edge gilt. Chipping and scuffing to covers especially at spine. Previous owner's name on ffep otherwise clean text. Small crack at front hinge.
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A YANKEE AT THE COURT OF KING ARTHUR
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LEICESTER, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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1st edition 1889. Chatto & Windus - London.. 220 illustrations by Dan beard. Black & white frontis with tiisue guard. Original red cloth lavishly decorated & titled in black & gilt. Spine re-laid having lost a little of the title at the top & small chip lower down. One corner a little bumped but a nice clean copy generally. .
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1890. TWAIN, Mark, (Samuel L. Clemens). A YANKEE AT THE COURT OF KING ARTHUR. Authorized Edition. In Two Volumes. - Vol. I. (& II.) Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1890. Collection of British Authors Tauchnitz Edition, Volumes 2638 & 2639. The first Tauchnitz edition of this title. Two small octavo volumes (16 x 11 cm), uniformly bound in quarter brown cloth and marbled paper boards, with gilt-stamped title on spines, and all edges marbled: 286,[2], 270,[2] pp. Contemporary ink ownership on ffep. of each volume (one is dated 'February 14, 1891 - Berlin') and a faint pencil note ('Those people are French are they not?') on the half-title in volume 1. Two leaves in volume 1 (117 & 8) have a closed tear at top edge that touches the running title, but without loss. One leaf in volume 2 (66) has a short closed tear at the fore-edge. Otherwise, some occasional light thumbing, but overall a very good and appealing copy. (Todd & Bowden 2638a & 2639; Rodney pp. 91 & 120; BAL 3648).
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LONDON, CHATTO & WINDUS, 1902, 1902. 3/4 TAN CALF BY H. SOTHERAN; 220 ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAN BEARD VERY GOOD-FINE.
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A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur
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Chatto and Windus, 1894 yellow back in good condition is unusual, minor edgewear, A Connecticut Yankee spine shows signs of wear but is intact, although slight cracking is apparent. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Special Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.
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