1886 · London
by Twain, Mark; [Samuel Clemens]
London: Chatto & Windus, 1886. Very good.. Early issue of the first UK edition, in attractive pictorial cloth. 7.25'' x 5''. Original decorative red cloth stamped in black and gilt. Floral patterned ochre endpapers. Frontispiece and 173 black and white illustrations by E.W. Kemble. xvi, 438 pages, followed by publisher's advertisements dated May 1886. Inconspicuous repair to front hinge. Evidence of bookplate removal to front pastedown. Spine mildly sunned. Faint red staining to lower edge of text block and edges of endpapers. Minor spotting and soil to board, a couple subtle repairs to spine ends.
(Inventory #: 33968)
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