Description:
Twain, Mark (1835-1910) First Editions, Nine Volumes.
Following the Equator, Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1897; The American Claimant, New York: Webster, 1892; Is Shakespeare Dead?, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909; Christian Science, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907; A Dog's Tale, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904; A Horse's Tale, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907; Merry Tales, New York: Webster, 1892; Pudd'nhead Wilson, London: Chatto & Windus, 1894; and The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins, Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Co., 1894; all octavo, in publisher's cloth. (9)
Estimate $400-600
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