Mark Twain and Mussolini

Clemens, Cyril; introduction by Patrick Braybrooke

Published by Webster Groves, Mo.: International Mark Twain Society, 1934

Condition: Very Good Soft cover

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Slim volume. Binding tight; pages clean with a tiny tear cover tear and a few small markings. Dust jacket shows a couple of small chips to top edge and 1-1/4" chip to top of spine. Inscribed by Clemens on front endpaper: 'To my dear friend Jerry with the author's best wishes' and June 1934. Clemens was the third cousin twice removed of Mark Twain and met him only once before Twain's death but made a career out of the connection, founding the International Mark Twain Society around 1923 and writing a number of short books burnishing Twain's reputation by linking him with 20th-century authors and historical figures. 'Mark Twain and Mussolini' is an uncommon title, with chapters based on Cyril Clemens' interviews with Mussolini, Bernard Shaw, John Galsworthy, Andre Maurois, G.K. Chesterton, John Drinkwater, and Franklin D. Roosevelt (!). Genuinely scarce in DJ, particularly signed. 56 pages. Seller Inventory # 5162

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Title: Mark Twain and Mussolini

Publisher: Webster Groves, Mo.: International Mark Twain Society

Publication Date: 1934

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Fair

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Hi all! I've been accumulating volumes for well over half my life, mostly autographed and inscribed copies. Wrote a book on book collecting for a Random House imprint in 2004 and another, "Book Collecting Now: The Value of Print in a Digital Age," for Chatwin Books, published in 2019. I intended to keep most of these books forever, but my wife and I decided to move to Manhattan, which meant downsizing from an enormous suburban house, with practically unlimited bookshelf space, to an apartment in Greenwich Village. So hello, AbeBooks!

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