A Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
Charles L. Webster & CO. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1889. Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo. 575 pp. plus a two-page publisher's advertisement. Illustrated by Daniel Carter Beard. Original green cloth, yellow-green floral pattern end-papers. BAL states that both forms (blank page and pages with fly-title) were published simultaneously. The S-like ornament on page 59 is present here. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges of spine. Gilt on covers is bright, minor wear of gilt to spine. The pages are clean with NO writing, prior owner names, marks or bookplates in the book; uniform vanilla to outer edges of pages normal with such age. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1889.
Synopsis
The original American satiristCracked on the head by a crowbar in nineteenth-century Connecticut, Hank Morgan wakes to find himself in King Arthur's England. Branded by Twain's aptitude for broad comedy and biting social satire, the grim truths of Twain's Camelot-fear, injustice, ignorance-resound as clearly now as when it was written
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- Bookseller
- J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009184
- Title
- A Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- Author
- Mark Twain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Charles L. Webster & CO
- Date Published
- 1889
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About the Seller
J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
Biblio member since 2019
Garrison, New York
About J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
We are a 50 year old, third generation antiquarian bookshop nestled in the bucolic Hudson Highlands of New York's historic Hudson Valley, less than a mile from a transverse of the Appalachian Trail. While we have strong first edition literature and poetry collections, we specialize in New York, history, and Americana. We are a proud member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Spine
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