Nov 10, 2016 - Sale 2430

Sale 2430 - Lot 264

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
TWAIN, MARK. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. 12mo, original gilt-lettered terra-cotta cloth over bevelled boards, with gilt and blind vignettes at lower corners of (respectively) the front and back covers, minimal rubbing to spine tips and corners; front hinge tender, contents clean. New York: C.H. Webb, 1868

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second edition, inscribed by mr. tallmadge to book's dedicatee john smith on first blank in black ink: "...I especially congratulate you upon standing so high in his [Twain's] esteem as is implied in the dedication of this book." BAL 3310.