1601 or social fireside conversation in ye time of ye Tudors by Mark Twain. Being a curious extract from ye diary of ye cupbearer to Her Majestie, Queene Elizabeth, of blessed memory

[n.d.: n.p., 1931. Edition limited to 500 copies; 8vo, pp. [2], 10, [2]; staple bound in gray printed wrappers; wrappers edge-worn, one-inch closed tear near gutter just touching first line of text on a few pages, bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian on inner wrapper; good. This short work was considered too obscene for print and therefore was distributed mainly via small press until such obscenity laws were lifted in the 50s and 60s. It was likely first printed in 1880 in Cleveland. The first authorized edition appeared in 1882, printed at Clemens' request at the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. (truncated) See BAL 3388 and 3407. Georgetown, Brown, and NYPL in OCLC. (Inventory #: 59925)