Unbound
1891 · [Hartford]
by TWAIN, Mark
[Hartford]: S.L. Clemens, 1891. Unbound. Near Fine. Board Game. Approximately 9" x 13.5" x .25" Cloth-covered wooden frame with printed card stock on front and rear. Slight waviness and a little age-toning on the cardstock but the game surface itself unused, near fine. On the front is the game board itself - essentially a grid of holes meant to be pierced by pins and on the rear are the extensive rules for the game, signed in print at the end "Mark Twain." Apparently Clemens developed the game while finishing his novel *Huckberry Finn* as a way to help his daughter remember historical dates. When it was finally marketed several years later the board (truncated)