first edition Hardcover
1902 · New York & London
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Small leather bookplate on the front pastedown with offsetting to the endpaper. Small tear to the top of the spine.Old dampstain to lower spine with gutters of some pages affected. Very Good. Lucius Hitchcock. Decorated red cloth. BAL 3471: State A of the front pastedown and the rear endpaper, State B of others. Illustrations by Lucius Hitchcock. Twain's wonderful satire on the mystery novel, with an appearance by Sherlock Holmes. (Inventory #: 003435)