INVENTORY #139985
Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old
TWAIN, Mark; WILLIAMS, True (illus.)
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A collection of Twain's stories and essays, previously published in various newspapers and magazines. Illustrated by artist True Williams, who became famous for illustrating Twain's books. All the stories are fictional except for "The Case of George Fisher." The best known may be "Cannibalism in the Cars" which tells the darkly humorous tale of apparent acts of cannibalism from the point of view of a congressman on a snowbound train. It indirectly satirises the American political system in a dark manner only Twain could assume.
Publication Info
- Publisher: The American Publishing Company
- Edition: First edition, second state
- Date Published: 1875
- Place Published: Hartford, Conn.
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
320 p. 23 cm. Many b&w line drawings. Blue cloth hardcover with gold and blank impression. Edges and corners worn, tears in top of spine. Some yellowing of pages. Pencil signature from 1876 on a front endpaper. Many pages at front of book stained on bottom half near edge. A few other stains throughout text.