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A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur
Mark Twain
Chatto & Windus, London · 1889
First Edition. First UK edition of this comic masterpiece in the original decorative cloth binding. Red cloth lettered in gilt and ilustrated in black. 528pp + 32pp catalogue at rear dated Jan. 1890.
The 10,000 copies of the first printing were bound up in several batches. Publication was on December 6th 1889. Light wear along lower spine edge and at tail but a good, sound copy.
Dan Beard (illustrator).
Written by Dr Jeremy Parrott, who has the book in his hands. Nothing here is generated from a catalogue record.
Bibliographic detail
| Author | Twain, Mark |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus, London |
| Date | 1889 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Condition | Good Plus |
| Stock reference | ab_1233253855 |