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Mark Twain's (burlesque) autobiography : and, first romance.
LIBRA - Rare PS1300 .T83 1910
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gould, Jay, 1836-1892--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Gould, Jay.
- Gould, Jay, 1836-1892.
- Erie Railroad Company--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Erie Railroad Company.
- Genre:
- Caricatures and cartoons.
- Publishers' advertisements -- New York (State) -- 19th century.
- Fiction.
- Caricatures.
- Cartoons (Humor)
- Penn Provenance:
- Hess, Frances C. (Mrs.) (donor) (storage copy)
- West, Harry F. (donor) (copies 1 & 2)
- Birdwhistell, Robert Nevins, Family of (donor) (copies 3-5)
- Yarnall, Charlton, 1864-1959? (donor) (copy 7)
- Physical Description:
- 47 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 19 cm
- Other Title:
- First romance
- Burlesque autobiography
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Sheldon & Company, 677 Broadway, Under The Grand Central Hotel., 1871.
- Summary:
- While going through the possessions of a decreased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.
- Contents:
- Mark Twain's burlesque autobiography
- Awful, terrible medieval romance.
- Notes:
- BAL indicates two states of copyright page: without (1st state) and with (2nd state) advertisement for Ball, Black & Co.
- "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by Sheldon & Co., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington."; title page verso.
- "Electrotyped by Smith & McDougal, 82 Beekman Street."; title page verso.
- Text within decorative border.
- Illustrations signed "N.Y. Bureau of Illustration.".
- Volume contains publishers' advertisement; page 48.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Copy (PS1300 .T83 1910) has original green hardback cover, blind-tooled decoration and title in gild.
- Kislak Center copy housed in a box with three other titles: "Queen Victoria's jubilee" and, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar for 1894"; and, "A True Story". all have the same call number.
- Cited in:
- Blank, J., Bibliography of American literature, 3326
- Contains:
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Awful, terrible medieval romance.
- OCLC:
- 14234278
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