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THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR AND OTHER WHIMSICAL SKETCHES
by [Twain, Mark] Samuel L. Clemens
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. First Edition. A series of humorous sketches, including the title essay Twain originally wrote for the Atlantic, "apparently unironic and wisely unsigned, that modestly proposed a change in the suffrage laws. Titled "The Curious Republic of Gondour," the essay argued, in essence, that universal suffrage was fine - but why not allot bonus voting privileges on an escalating scale based on extent of education and property holding" (Powers, Ron. Mark Twain: A Life, p.378). BAL 3527; Smith T-429. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); yellow printed paper-covered boards and white cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; x,140,[2]pp. Foxing to upper edge of textblock, some offsetting to pastedowns from binders glue, with some light wear and gentle sunning to spine ends; contents clean; Very Good+. In the original dustjacket, priced $1.25 at mid-spine; gently spine-sunned, lightly edgeworn, with a few small tears and attendant creases, short split to front flap fold, and shallow losses to spine ends and corner-tips, costing some of the lettering at crown; unrestored, Very Good only.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5378
- Title
- THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR AND OTHER WHIMSICAL SKETCHES
- Author
- [Twain, Mark] Samuel L. Clemens
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boni and Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1919
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2010
Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
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- BAL
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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