MARK TWAIN A Bibliography of the Collections of the Mark Twain Memorial and Stowe-Day Foundation by McBride, William - 1984

Hartford, CT: McBride Pub. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0930313003 . B&W Illustrations; 9.10 X 6.10 X 1.30 inches; xxi, 487 pages; Hard cover is black, with gold on front and spine. Very faint rubbing. DJ has slight bump to top of spine; in a mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. States first edition on copyright page. Extensively illustrated with b/w photographs. 'Mark Twain's place in American literature is secure. And the place of his books in the libraries of scholars, collectors and just plain readers is likewise secure. This sustaining interest is evidenced, in part, by the content of this book....To produce a book at once useful to the collector and the book dealer, the librarian and the scholar, is the aim here. To satisfy the collector and the dealer, photographs of each cover, title page and points of issue (where they occur) are shown; this aids in quick identification of first editions. To assist the librarian and the… Read More