SAINT Joan of ARC by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel] - 1919

Harper & Brothers, 1919. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. 1919 stated print date. used hardcover copy, lacking a dust jacket (as issued). spine text faded. covers worn. binding shaken, still strong. front hinge beginning to show. foxing to pages. colors remain bright. pages tight and straight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Harper & Brothers, 1919-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Book shows moderate wear including scuffing on boards and spine, partially cracked front trough, light foxing and no DJ (see picture) - 32 pages - inside plastic sleeve - my shelf location mag-40

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers (Harpers), 1919. 1st Edition . Red Cloth. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8" Tall. Xiii, 32 Pp. Black Cloth, Spine Lettered In Gilt, Color Paste-On Illustration, Plain Endpapers Covers Bright And Clean, Red Spine Unfaded. Early Issue With "Published May, 1919" And Code "D-T" On Copyright Page, Illustration On P. 18 Correctly Aligned. Slight Usage, Spine Gilt Weak, Faint 1/2" Spot At Bottom Of Front Cover; No Marks.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1919. First printing thus, first state. Boards. Good. Howard Pyle. 4to, 32 pp., tipped-in color plates, page decorations. Covers worn with chips and loss at head and heel of spine, insect damage to edges and corners, front hinge starting, previous owner name in pencil.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1919. 1st edition. Very Good. large octavo. orig. dec. cloth 32pp., col. frontis., col. tipped-in pls., ills. in duotone, With Illustrations in Color by Howard Pyle. Ownership pencil inscription o/w nice copy

New York: Harper, 1919. First. hardcover. very good(-). Howard Pyle & Wilfred Jones. Illustrations in color by Howard Pyle. Decorations in tint by Wilfred J. Jones. 32 pages. Tall slim 8vo, black cloth with large pictorial paper label on cover. New York & London: Harper (1919). First edition. First state with the marginal illustration on p. 18 correctly placed, & the end-papers printed in green. Partially unopened copy. BAL 3683<br/> <br/> A very good(-) copy -- spine dulled; inner hinge strengthened; gift inscription Xmas 1919.<br/> <br/>

1919 Mark TWAIN 1st ed Saint Joan of Arc Personal Recollections Howard Pyle ART
"I like 'Joan of Arc' best of all my books; and it is the best."
– Mark Twain
Until the end of the 18th-century, the story of Joan of Arc was merely a legend, and little was written in histories about her life. She is considered a heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. Joan of Arc has been a popular figure in cultural history since the time of her death, and many famous writers, filmmakers and composers have created works about her.
One of the most famous and popular accounts of Joan of Arc was Mark Twain's final novel 'Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc'. Twain wrote this novel as a translation of the memoirs of a fictional character Louis de Conte. The memoirs themselves describe Joan of Arc's early life, her trial, and eventual martyrdom by burning. Twain himself regarded this book as his favorite work, and his words attest to its exceptional quality:
"I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the… Read More

Conforms nicely to Blanck 1683 re. p. 18 orientation, Harper's code & end papers. True first, not a nearly or mixed. BAL 3683.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1919. PYLE, Howard. Saint Joan of Arc. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1919]. First edition, first issue (with the illustration on p. 18 in correct position and endpapers printed in green.) Octavo (9 3/16 x 7 inches; 234 x 179 mm). [xiii], [1, blank], [2], [1]-32, [6, blank] pp. With four color illustrated plates by Howard Pyle and decorations surrounding the text in tint by Wilfred J. Jones. Original full black cloth. With pictorial paper label on front, ruled in gilt. Spine lettered in green. Original gray dust-jacket, lettered in green and blue. Jacket with round pictorial paper label. Pictorial endpapers, printed in green. Jacket with some very minor chipping along edges and head and tail of spine. A bit of creasing along top back edge. A few short, closed tears repaired along inside. Back hinge of jacket spine split, but held together with small repair. Book is near fine, in a very good jacket. BAL 3683. Johnson, Twain, p. 86. HBS 67904. $1,250.