Mark Twain Preface (12 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Later Printing (1991). Includes Author's Notes And Contents Page. Red Wraps With White Lettering. Vertical Crease On The Front Near The Spine And The Page Edges Are Lightly Tanned.

Trade paperback in red wraps. 11th printing. Ominibus collection of Twains angry and critical social writings. Bright tight used copy. 5-1/4 x 8, 259 pp, notes. VG+ w occasional marks & notes, no spine creases.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book Club Edition. This book is "Mark Twain on the Damned Human Race" ; it is a collection of topical essays by the great American writer, Samuel Clemens, that was edited by Janet Smith. This Special Edition has a Preface by Maxwell Geisner. Published by Hill and Wang in 1994, the book was issued through a book club (no price on jacket). Excerpted from the dust-jacket blurb : |> This is a magnificent collection of Mark Twain's topical writings, mainly and most eloquently concerned with the themes of social justice, the American civilization in its dawning age of imperialism, and the corrupt nature of man in general. Many of Twain's greatest essays are included here, especially "To the Person sitting in the Darkness", "As Regards Patriotism", "The War Prayer", "The United States of Lyncherdom", and "Banquet for a Senator". In all the essays in this volume Twain speaks as a man outraged by the social, moral, and religious corruption he sees around him. These essays open the floodgates of his anger, his brilliant satire, his devastating wit, and his deep concern for man's fate. <| CONTENTS : ON THE DAMNED RACE - To the Person Sitting in Darkness - Corn - Pone Opinions - My First Lie and How I Got Out of It - About Smells - As Regards Patriotism - Bible Teaching and Religious Practice - Dr. Loeb's Incredible Discovery - The Dervish and the Offensive Stranger - Does the Race of Man Love a Lord? - The War Prayer - Reflections on Being the Delight of God ON THE UNITED STATES - The Caravan - At Galilee - Disgraceful Persecution of a Boy - A Defense of General Funston - A Humane Word from Satan - The United States of Lyncherdom - Banquet for a Senator - Comments on the Killing of 600 Moros ON SPAIN - A Word of Encouragement for Our Blushing Exiles 0N FRANCE - What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us ON ITALY - They May Be Good People - The True Religion - The Infernal Machine - Why Don't They Rob their Churches? - If I Were a Roman ON THE JEWS - Concerning the Jews - Stormfield and Goldstein ON THE BELGIAN CONGO - King Leopold Soliloquy ON RUSSIA - The Czar's Soliloquy ON ENGLAND - The Aristocracy - The Examination - Archdeacon Wilberforce Discovers the Holy Grail ON THE WHITE RACE - The White Man's Notion - Slave Catching from the Slave's Point of View - Clothes - War Monuments - Skin Deep - Woman's Place - Insult, Humiliation, and Forced Labor - From Bombay to Missouri TITLE : Mark Twain on the Damned Human Race AUTHOR : Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens , 1835 - 1910) EDITOR & INTRODUCTION : Janet Smith PREFACE : Maxwell Geisner IMPRINT : Hill and Wang PLACE : New York DATE : (1994) EDITION : "Special Edition" (So stated by publisher) - Issued through a book club. STATUS : Out of Print - OP DETAILS ; Trade hardcover; contains an Introduction, a Preface, and Notes; [xx] + 259 pages; quarter-bound, cloth-covered spine and paper-covered boards, with silver gilt lettering on spine; photo - pictorial dust-jacket has a 1907 photograph of Twain on the front panel. CONDITION -- BOOK VERY GOOD --- JACKET : NEAR FINE -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR : Clean and attractive with but negligible signs of handling; text-block edges display (on the bottom edge) a few creased fore-edge tip (from an obvious soft impact), else edges clean. Gilt lettering is bright. BINDING : Solid - tight INTERIOR : On the front end-papers are a couple of minute dents, derived from a production related effect under the front paste-down - else the interior is bright, clean and unmarked. DUST - JACKET : Moderate surface rub, else clean and attractive - (could even be called crisp) All in all an exceptional specimen.…

Condition: VG. VERY-GOOD. NICELY ILLUSTRATED WITH SKETCHES BY VARIOUS ARTISTS.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. Text/NEW w/faint margin discoloration & the letter "M" to fEP. Softcover (Portrait of seated white-haired Twain dressed in white)/Good/sound w/edge rubs & creasing to front & back. Text blocks dyed red. Posthumous anthology of essays & short stories from Mark Twain, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910), best known for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884). 240 pgs, edited by Pulitzer Prize winner, historian Bernard DeVoto (1897 - 1955), whose biography was written by Wallace Stegner. Contents are: 1, Letters from the Earth; 2, Papers from the Adams Family (7 chapters); 3, Letter to the Earth; 4, A Cat-Tale; 5, Cooper's Prose Style; 6, Official Report to the I.I.A.S.; 7, The Gorky Incident; 8, Simplified Spelling; 9, Something About Repentance; 10, From an English Notebook; 11, From the Manuscript of "A Tramp Abroad"; The French & the Comanches; 12, From an Unfinished Burlesque of Books on Etiquette; 13, The Damned Human Race (5 essays); and 14, The Great Dark, followed by Editorial & Biographical Notes. Strong copy w/tired softcover.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 366 pages. 6.14x0.76x9.21 inches. In Stock. Shultz, Sophia Kelly (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. 1963. Paperback. Good clean copy. Covers showing some shelfwear, otherwise remains in good condition. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. 1963. Paperback. Good clean copy. Covers showing some shelfwear, otherwise remains in good condition. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 366 pages. 6.14x0.81x9.21 inches. In Stock. Shultz, Sophia Kelly (illustrator).

Unknown Binding. Condition: New.

Karton /Leinen Sehr gut. Text Englisch. Gestalteter Schutzumschlag mit Rückentitelei, kleine Läsur am Kapitalband. Kartonierter Einband, goldgeprägter Leinenrücken, TADELLOS. XVIII, 259 Seiten, nahezu NEUWERTIGER ZUSTAND. +++ Text in english. A hardbound edition with its original dust-jacket, the latter with a small scratch on lower spine, else excellent condition. XVIII, 259 pages. "This is a magnificent collection of Twain's topical writings, mainly and most eloquently concerned with the themes of social justice, the American civilization in its dawning age of imperialism and the corrupt nature of man in general". +++ 13,5 x 20,7 cm, 0,4 kg. +++ Stichwörter: Amerikanische Literatur Humor Essays Gewicht in Gramm: 400.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Priority uncertain. No statement of edition. 'K-M' on verso. '0962' on front flap of dust jacket. Preface dated March, 1962. Near fine plus, if not fine hardback in near fine dust jacket ($5.95). Book is faded along 1/8 inch of bottom edge of covers. Dust jacket has a 3/8 inch closed tear to bottom edge of front panel near fore-edge corner; a 3/4 inch closed tear to top edge of front panel at spine-fold; wear to 1/4 inch of head and heel of spine; a a 1/2 inch closed tear and associated 1.25 inch hairline crease to top edge of rear panel and minor, if not trivial shelf wear/rubbing to panels, corners, edges, fore-edge folds, and extremities.…