A DOG'S TALE

Twain, Mark

Publication Date: 1904

About this Item

Illustrated by W.T. Smedley. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1904. Original red cloth pictorially decorated in black and white. First Edition in book form (preceded only by a wrappered tract published earlier in 1904 by the National Anti-Vivisection Society in London) This illustrated tale of a dog is told in the first "person": "My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian.". The dog saves a child from a fire, but then must see her own pup undergo vivisection -- a practice Twain is condemning with this book. This is a near-fine copy, with a small erasure on the title page and (as usual) some fading of the spine; atypically, none of the white lettering has flaked away. McBride p. 216; Blanck 3483.

Seller Inventory # 15548

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A DOG'S TALE
• Publication Date: 1904
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction (Early 20th Century)