Mark Twain
Sketches, New and Old
The American Publishing Company
1875
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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.
- Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth with gilt lettering on the cover and spine with gilt and black design.
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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Very GoodWear and some chipping along the cover edges with wear to the spine and cover corners, light wear to cover boards.
Separation to inner front hinge.
Note on the upper corner of front end paper.
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