The $30,000 Bequest And Other Stories

by Mark Twain Publisher : Harper & Brothers Year : 1906 Edition : First Pages : 523 Condition : Very Good Binding : Hardcover Price : $239.95

Item Description :

Harper & Brothers, 1906. FIRST EDITION. (September 1906 on copyright page and boxed listing of Twain books.) 5x8 inch. Very good condition, red cloth with decorations and bright gilt. Not to be confused with the earlier “The $30,000 Bequest” this edition is greatly expanded to include many other stories, many never before published in book form. Includes A Dog's Tale, The Californian's Tale, A Telephonic Conversation, Italian with Grammar, General Washington's Negro Body Servant, A Humane Word from Satan, Post Mortem Poetry, A Deception, the Danger of Lying in Bed, Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale, The First Writing Machines (Typewriters), Amended Obituaries, Advice to Little Girls, Saint Joan of Arc, The Five Boons of Life, A Burlesque Biography, A Helpless Situation, Does the Race of Man Love a Lord? (Do Americans still worship aristocracy?), Eve's Diary, The Invalid's Story, The Captains Story, Mark Twain: A Biographical Sketch, In Memoriam, the Belated Russian Passport, Two Little Tales, Extracts from Adam's Diary, The Death Disk, and A Double Barrelled Detective Story. Illustrated with 13 full page prints. Increasingly rare Twain first edition, offering a nice selection of his work. 523 pages.



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