Hardback bound in tan tweed cloth-covered boards with gilt title on brown background. Only defects to note are light foxing on the cover and two small soil spots on the title. This book is #233 of 265 numbered copies of which 215 were for sale. This is one of the 50 Special Presentation copies given and SIGNED BY THE EDITOR. Contains the name of the receiver on the Presentation page. The Curtain Lecture Concerning Skating "being an unusual example of Mark Twain's early journalistic humor.". The Mrs. Mark Twain's Shoes ia a "facsimile taken from the pages of Beadle's the Dime Dialogues No. 10. This portion consists of tipped-on facsimile pages from the Dime Dialogues. There numerous black and white illustrations. Un-paginated Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Seller Inventory # 015112

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Title: A Curtain Lecture Concerning Skating; and ...

Publisher: Privately Published Printed by Ralph Baldwin, Denver, Colorado

Publication Date: 1967

Binding: Hardback

Illustrator: Eminent Artists

Condition: VG-

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Signed: Signed by Editor

Edition: Limited/Numbered.

Book Type: Book

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Located in the beautiful Arkansas Ozarks, our home-based shop of approximately 3500 books is open by appointment only. We have a large selection of turn-of-of-century classics in decorative bindings. Our other interests are non-fiction books such as Arkansas, Military, Western Americana, Regional Histories, and Genealogy.

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K. L. Givens Books
AR, U.S.A.

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