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FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR. A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
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- Used - Contents clean and hinges secure for this heavy book; small book label of E. C. Lovell on a front blank. Some loss of gilt to th
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- First Edition
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- 1897
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,284.66
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Hartford/New York: American Publ./Doubleday, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents clean and hinges secure for this heavy book; small book label of E. C. Lovell on a front blank. Some loss of gilt to the spine but overall Near Fine. Decorated blue cloth. Illustrated with a frontispiece, plates, and text engravings. BAL 3451. This copy with the preferred single… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,284.66
A Literary Nightmare" in THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, February, 1876
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
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- Used - Cup stain and soiling to the front cover; chipping to the top of the spine. Very Good and uncommon as an individual issue rather
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- First Edition
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- February 1876
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 171.29
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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,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 171.29
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The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut" in THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, June, 1876
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
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- Used - Chips at spine tips; owner name at top of front cover. Near Fine and uncommon as an individual issue rather than in a bound volu
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- First Edition
- Published
- June 1876
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 214.18
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Boston: H. O. Houghton and Company, June 1876. First Edition. wraps. Chips at spine tips; owner name at top of front cover. Near Fine and uncommon as an individual issue rather than in a bound volume. Original printed wraps; Volume XXXVII, #224. In this 10-page humorous essay, Twain describes how the loss of a conscience can bring about… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 214.18
ROUGHING IT
by TWAIN, Mark (CLEMENS, Samuel)
- Condition
- Used - Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase
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- 1972
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 145.66
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1972. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Noel Sickles. Tall octavo (7" x 11") bound in quarter tan buckram over patterned paper boards, spine lettered in gilt. Introduction by Edward Wagenknecht. Printed at the Sign of the Stone Book. Copy #887 of 1500 with 13 full-page color plates and a number… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 145.66
MARK TWAIN'S (BURLESQUE) AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND FIRST ROMANCE
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
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- Used - Owner name in light purple ink on the blank space of page 30. Very light wear to spine tips and corners, a few small purple ink
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- First Edition
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- (1871)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 342.58
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New York: Sheldon & Company, (1871). First Edition. Hardcover. Owner name in light purple ink on the blank space of page 30. Very light wear to spine tips and corners, a few small purple ink stains on rear cover, front pastedown, and front free endpaper with some foxing to the text. Very Good. Original green cloth. BAL 3326:… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 342.58
LIBER SCRIPTORUM. THE FIRST BOOK OF THE AUTHORS CLUB
by ROOSEVELT, Theodore (Teddy); TWAIN, MARK [Samuel Clemens]; et. al
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- Used - Bar Association Library ink stamp on the title page with an ink number on the copyright page; two other apparently nonrelated sm
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1893
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 14,559.44
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New York: The Authors Club, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Bar Association Library ink stamp on the title page with an ink number on the copyright page; two other apparently nonrelated small ink stamps on the rear endpaper and pastedown. Rebacked some time ago with nearly all of the original spine laid down and the hinges reinforced with tape. Some… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 14,559.44
The 1,000,000 Pound Bank Note" in THE CENTURY, Vol. XLV, #3
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
- Condition
- Used - Spine with short tears at tips; small chip at outer edge of front wrap. Near Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- January 1893
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 214.18
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New York: The Century Company, January 1893. First Edition. Wraps. Spine with short tears at tips; small chip at outer edge of front wrap. Near Fine. Original printed wraps. The first appearance of Twain's story. Also includes articles on John Greenleaf Whittier (with a portrait); Halbot Knight Browne "Phiz," with illustrations by him; the Great Wall of China;… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 214.18
THE WASHOE GIANT IN SAN FRANCISCO BEING HERETOFORE UNCOLLECTED SKETCHES PUBLISHED IN THE GOLDEN ERA IN THE SIXTIES...
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
- Condition
- Used - Small leather bookplate. Offsetting to endpapers. Near Fine in worn, Very Good dustwrapper
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1938
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 154.16
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San Francisco: George Fields, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Small leather bookplate. Offsetting to endpapers. Near Fine in worn, Very Good dustwrapper. Lloyd Hoff. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. BAL 3559. Collected and edited, with an introduction, by Franklin Walker. Printed by Ward Ritchie and illustrated by Lloyd Hoff.
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SGD 154.16
THE MARK TWAIN CALENDAR
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good example of this fragile and scarce item
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- n.d. [1921]
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 428.22
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New York: George Sully, n.d. [1921]. Wraps. Very Good example of this fragile and scarce item. Pictorial wraps (7" x 9-1/2") with a silk tie at the top holding the pages together. BAL 3685 lists a copy for 1920 by the same publisher. Each sheet covers a week's time period with a different quote from Clemens over… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 428.22
ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN. (TOM SAWYER'S COMRADE). SCENE: THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. TIME: FORTY TO FIFTY YEARS AGO
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
- Condition
- Used - Hinges tight. Internally a very clean copy and very unusual as such. Light wear to corners, faint tape stains to boards. Near Fi
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1885
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 25,693.12
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New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Hinges tight. Internally a very clean copy and very unusual as such. Light wear to corners, faint tape stains to boards. Near Fine. First Printing. Publisher's library binding of full sheep, the scarcest of the bindings for this title, here very skillfully rebacked retaining the original leather… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 25,693.12
KNITTING-WORK: A WEB OF MANY TEXTURES, WROUGHT BY RUTH PARTINGTON
by PARTINGTON, Ruth (SHILLABER, Benjamin P.)
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- Used - Minor wear, small loss of cloth on rear cover. Very Good copy
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1859
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 60.02
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Boston: Brown, Taggard & Chase, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor wear, small loss of cloth on rear cover. Very Good copy. Original brown cloth. BAL 17556: Binding A. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 plates. Owner inscription dated September 25, two days after the Library of Congress copy was deposited. Mrs. Partington was Mark Twain's model for Aunt… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 60.02
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
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- Used - Fine in a bright and colorful Very Good dustwrapper with moderate edgewear
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- Reprint
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- n.d
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 42.89
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Cleveland: World Syndicate, n.d. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine in a bright and colorful Very Good dustwrapper with moderate edgewear. Dustwrapper art by Irwin Weltman, dated 1933.
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SGD 42.89
KNITTING-WORK: A WEB OF MANY TEXTURES, WROUGHT BY RUTH PARTINGTON
by PARTINGTON, Ruth (SHILLABER, Benjamin P.)
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- Used - Minor wear to spine tips, rear cover with bruise in a horizontal strip. Still Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1859
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 85.64
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Boston: Brown, Taggard & Chase, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor wear to spine tips, rear cover with bruise in a horizontal strip. Still Near Fine. Original blue cloth. BAL 17556: Binding A. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 plates. Mrs. Partington was Mark Twain's model for Aunt Polly in TOM SAWYER. Bookplate of Lt. Col. Walter Merriam Pratt… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 85.64
ENGLISH AS SHE IS TAUGHT
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
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- Used - A little offsetting in text. Near Fine and scarce thus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1900)
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 256.93
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New York: Mutual Book Co., (1900). First Edition. Wraps. A little offsetting in text. Near Fine and scarce thus. First American and First Separate Edition. Original gray printed wraps printed in red and black. BAL 3465: Second issue with corrected text on page 16. A collection of humorous observations reflecting the state of contemporary education.
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SGD 256.93
TLS to actress Irene Worth on MARK TWAIN JOURNAL stationery
by CLEMENS, Cyril
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- Used - Creases from folding o/w Near Fine in original envelope
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- 26 Oct. 1977
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 60.02
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Kirkwood, MO, 26 Oct. 1977. Creases from folding o/w Near Fine in original envelope. 1 pages. In full: "In recognition of your outstanding contribution to the Modern Stage, you have been unanimously elected in succession to the late Katharine Cornell, Honorary Member/The Mark Twain Society."
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SGD 60.02
THE WASHOE GIANT IN SAN FRANCISCO BEING HERETOFORE UNCOLLECTED SKETCHES PUBLISHED IN THE GOLDEN ERA IN THE SIXTIES...
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1938
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 128.53
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San Francisco: George Fields, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. BAL 3559. Collected and edited, with an introduction, by Franklin Walker. Printed by Ward Ritchie and illustrated by Lloyd Hoff.
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SGD 128.53
MARK TWAIN'S (BURLESQUE) AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND FIRST ROMANCE
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
- Condition
- Used - Professional tissue repair to front hinge before title page and to three page corners (one page corner is clipped). Endpapers, w
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1871)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,284.66
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New York: Sheldon & Company, (1871). First Edition. Hardcover. Professional tissue repair to front hinge before title page and to three page corners (one page corner is clipped). Endpapers, while very closely matching the original, are new but only enhance the appearance of the exterior which is as close to new as one could expect. Superb copy, bright and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,284.66
MARK TWAIN'S SKETCHES, NEW AND OLD
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
- Condition
- Used - Occasional internal soiling; some staining to rear cover but mostly faint. Gilt bright, covers and hinges strong. Minor wear to
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1875
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 556.75
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Hartford & Chicago: American Publishing, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Occasional internal soiling; some staining to rear cover but mostly faint. Gilt bright, covers and hinges strong. Minor wear to spine tips. Very Good to Near Fine. Original decorated blue cloth. Second State of the text. An early collection of 63 sketches by Twain, illustrated throughout. BAL 3364.
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SGD 556.75
THE LECTURES OF BRET HARTE
by HARTE, Bret
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- Used - Fine in a very scarce and Very Good dustwrapper which is moderately worn with a one-inch chip at the heel of the spine and a sma
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1909
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,113.37
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Brooklyn: Charles Meeker Kozlay, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a very scarce and Very Good dustwrapper which is moderately worn with a one-inch chip at the heel of the spine and a smaller chip slightly affecting the lettering at the top of the spine. BAL 7407 & 3510. Contains the first appearance of Mark Twain's "Letter on… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,113.37
