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

Jaffe Tane, Susan (EDT); Bird, John (CON); Carlsen, Julie (CON); Caron, James (CON); Dawidziak, Mark (CON)

ISBN 10: 1605831107 / ISBN 13: 9781605831107

Published by The Grolier Club, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: First-class Fool : Mark Twain and Humor, Featuring the Collection of Susan Jaffe Tane
• Publisher: The Grolier Club
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1605831107
• ISBN 13: 9781605831107
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

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photographs, and other rare materials from Susan Jaffe Tane’s private Mark Twain collection, including many heretofore unpublished pieces.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.

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.