First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall in blue cloth w/red spine titles. Near Fine book in Very Good DJ. Dust line at horizontal edges of cloth, else About Fine and unmarked; jacket has small tears/chips at spine tips and corners. Written in the 1840's these are Thomas Bang Thorpe's sketches of the old Southwest, edited and with Critical Introduction and Textual Commentary by David C. Estes. 392pp inc. Textual Notes, Emendation, Post-Copy Text-Substantive Variants, Compound Words at the End of Lines.

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Title

A New Collection of Thomas Bangs Thorpe's Sketches of the Old Southwest (Library of Southern Civilization)

Publisher

Louisiana State Univ Pr, Baton Rouge, LA

Publication Date

1989

Language

English

ISBN 10

080711457X

ISBN 13

9780807114575

Binding

Cloth

Edition

1st Edition.

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

Book Type

Book

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On nineteenth-century American humor and sports writing. Thorpe's writings bear a resemblence to the humor of Mark Twain. Estes does a service in resurrecting him. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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