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CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). Sketches. New York: American News Company, 1874.
8vo. Numerous in-text illustrations by R.T. Sperry. Original pictorial green wrappers (extremes worn, lacking rear wrapper, title and wrapper together but detached, last leaf also sprung). Provenance: E.J. Taylor (neat penciled ownership signature on title-page).
FIRST EDITION, unknown state (first state indicated by the absence of ads on rear wrapper which is lacking). Includes such works as The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, The Facts in the Case of the Great Beef Contract, The Undertaker’s Chat, and ten other stories. A scarce Twain item. BAL 3360.