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Sat, Sep 14, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1289

Five Mark Twain Titles

Estimate: $600 - $900

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Pudd'nhead Wilson, Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1894, first edition, hardback, ex libris label, receipt from 2002 showing purchase from Michael Toth Bookseller for $700; The Prince and the Pauper, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882, hardback, illustrated, all edge gilt,ÿownership inscriptionÿname and "Jan 31, 1882"; Following the Equator, Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1897, hardback, illustrated; Sketches, New & Old, Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1875, hardback, illustrated; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, New York: C.L. Webster, 1885, hardback, illustratedÿ Provenance: Private Collection, Maryland

Condition

fading, foxing, rubbing, inscriptions and erasures, loose hinges, ex libris cards affixed, staining, one with frontispiece separate, affixture to pastedown, slightly bumped corners

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