Nov 21, 2013 - Sale 2332

Sale 2332 - Lot 264

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
TWAIN, MARK. The Prince and the Pauper. Facsimile holograph and wood-engraved frontispiece, numerous illustrations, chapter vignettes. 8vo, publisher's full sheep, slightly skewed, gilt-lettered red and black morocco spine labels, scattered staining and surface impressions, rubbing with exposure along extremities, small chip at spine foot; corner tear to front free marbled endpaper with slight loss. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1882

Additional Details

first american edition, in the rare full sheep binding. first issue with the Franklin Press imprint on verso of title-page; second state of text, with p. 124 line 1 reading "canopy of state." BAL 2402; Johnson pp. 39-41.