New York: Sheldon & Company, 1871. First Edition, Second State . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 46pp. Terra cotta cloth, gilt lettering. Corners and spine ends very lightly rubbed, interior is age-toned, clean and binding is tight. First Edition Second State with Ball, Black & Co. ad on copyright page. Not really a biography, but amusing. Illustrated.

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Bookseller: Old Bookshelf (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004270
Title: Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance
Author: Twain, Mark
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, Second State
Publisher: Sheldon & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1871
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Keywords: Satire
Bookseller catalogs: Humor;

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Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Second State: used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...