The American claimant

New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892. FIRST EDITION. No jacketWith frontispiece and 25 text illustrations. Publisher’s decorated cloth; overall in perfect condition. First edition of Twain’s comedy of mistaken identities and multiple role switches between British and American characters. Of particular interest is Twain’s attempt to write a story without ever once mentioning weather, which is fully detailed both in a page of explanation before the book and in the appendix.