Mark Twain-Howells Letters; The Correspondence of Samuel L. Clemens and William D. Howells 1872 - 1910

Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens); Howells, William D.

Published by The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1960

About this Item

2 vol. 8vo. [8], ix-xxv, [3], 3-454; [8], 455-948, [2] pp. Black cloth with white and gold lettering on the spine. Light brown endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $20.00 on the front flaps of the dust jackets. Volume one illustrated with a frontispiece and with four plates and a full-page illustration; volume two illustrated with seven plates. The illustrations contain facsimiles of the letters exchanged between Twain and Howells, and photographs from Twain and Howells' friendship. Edited by Henry Nash Smith and William M. Gibson with the assistance of Frederick Anderson. A handsome example of this set, a wonderful record of a years-long friendship between two literary legends. A tiny bump to one corner of volume two; the jackets show minute edge wear, including a small closed tear on the front panel of volume two. Seller Inventory # 000010450

Bibliographic Details

Title: Mark Twain-Howells Letters; The ...

Publisher: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Publication Date: 1960

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: First edition.