Mark Twain

First edition of Mark Twain's Sketches New and Old.

• Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens] (American).
• Hartford, Conn: The American Publishing Company, 1875.
• 320 pages.
• Octavo.
• Edges gilt.
• Bound in the rare publisher's original fine 3/4 crushed morocco leather binding, blind ruled spine with gilt lettering in the second and fourth compartments.

Twain's 63 often outrageous sketches, composed between 1863 and 1875. From a piece about the difficulty of getting a pocket watch repaired properly to thoughts on bureaucrats, courts of law, the profession of journalism, the claims of science and the workings of government.

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