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Altre immaginiEditore: Harper & Brothers, New York 1896
- Rilegato
- Prima edizione
Da: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Regno UnitoRooke Books PBFA
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleMembro dell’associazione: PBFA
Condizione: Usato - Molto buono
EUR 584,77
EUR 23,16 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. First edition. A smart first edition of Twain"s historical novel, anonymously serialised to escape his comic reputation, here complete with Du Mond"s thirty-seven plates. In the publisher"s original red cloth binding, with gilt and silver stamped sword-and-shield design. First edition. Illustrated w…ith thirty-seven monochrome plates by F. V. Du Mond, including the frontispiece and a decorative border of contents. Collated, complete. Twain"s historical novel on Joan of Arc, presented as the memoir of her page and secretary, "Sieur Louis de Conte," and framed on the title page as a translation from an unpublished French manuscript. Aware of his reputation as a comic writer, Twain requested that each installment be published anonymously so that readers would treat it seriously. Regardless, his authorship soon became known. In the publisher"s original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight fading to spine. Very slight shelf lean. One or two very light spots of damp staining to boards. Previous owner's coloured-in pencil ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound, with the exception of the title page which is largely detached, holding at lower gutter only. Pages bright and clean with one or two minor spots and handling marks to fore edge and first and last few leaves. Very Good. F. V. Du Mond (illustratore). book.
