A First-Class Fool: Mark Twain and Humor, Featuring the Collection of Susan Jaffe Tane - Hardcover

 
9781605831107: A First-Class Fool: Mark Twain and Humor, Featuring the Collection of Susan Jaffe Tane
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1605831107 ISBN 13: 9781605831107
Publisher: The Grolier Club, 2025

Synopsis

A fascinating collection of essays brings the founding father of American humor—Mark Twain—to life through the rich visual context of his time: books, documents, and ephemera.

A First-Class Fool examines Samuel Clemens's emergence as a humorist and how "Mark Twain" continues to influence humor to this day. The story is richly illustrated with numerous books, manuscripts, art, photographs, and other rare materials from Susan Jaffe Tane’s private Mark Twain collection, including many heretofore unpublished pieces.

Contributors include John Bird, Julie Carlsen, James Caron, Mark Dawidziak, Kerry Driscoll, Gabriel Mckee, Kevin Mac Donnell, and Susan Jaffe Tane.

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About the Author

Susan Jaffe Tane is a curator and collector of Edgar Allan Poe books, manuscripts, and artifacts, as well as a former vice president of Utensco.

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Publisher
The Grolier Club
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1605831107
ISBN 13 
9781605831107
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
256
Editor
Jaffe Tane Susan