Book club edition. A selection of writings by Mark Twain, chosen for their humorous qualities by editor Charles Neider, who supplies an introduction and notes. Includes 8 short stories, excerpts from speeches, and nuggets borrowed from his longer works such as "Life on the Mississippi" and "Huckleberry Finn." --- In red-violet paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with spine titling in silver. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- With prior owner's signature to front paste-down; otherwise a bright, clean, firm copy.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xxx, 489 pages.

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Title

The Comic Mark Twain Reader: The Most Humorous Selections from His Stories, Sketches, Novels, Travel Books and Lectures

Publisher

Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York

Publication Date

1977

Language

English

ISBN 10

038511334X

ISBN 13

9780385113342

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Very Good+

Dust Jacket Condition

No Dust Jacket

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Collects works, including perennial favorites and lesser known writings, that reveal and together celebrate Twain's genius as a humorist

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