first edition wraps
February 1876 · Boston
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
Boston: H. O. Houghton and Company, February 1876. First Edition. wraps. Cup stain and soiling to the front cover; chipping to the top of the spine. Very Good and uncommon as an individual issue rather than in a bound volume. Original printed wraps; Volume XXXVII, #220. Twain's story is about an encounter with an earworm, or virus-like jingle, and how it occupies his mind for several days until he manages to "infect" another person, thus removing the jingle from his mind. Other articles include "Boston" by Ralph Waldo Emerson, "The Railroad Death-Rate" by Charles Francis Adams, Jr., and "The Currency Conflict" by James Garfield. (Inventory #: 020201)