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Mark Twain's Library of Humor
by Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A very good copy.
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Toronto: The Musson Book Co. Limited, , (c. 1888).. A very good copy.. Binding: contemporary full red cloth over boards, title in gilt on flat spine, upper board with decorative gilt device.
, Notes: Mark Twain's Library of Humor is an 1888 anthology of short humorous works compiled by Mark Twain, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, William Dean Howells and Charles Hopkins Clark. In 1880, George Gebbie suggested to Mark Twain that he publish an anthology of humorous works. The idea evolved into a project financed by Clemens to produce an anthology of American humor with himself as editor and Howells and Clark assisting.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884),the latter often called "The Great American Novel".
William Dean Howells (1837–1920) was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, as well as for his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria.
, Size: 8vo., , Category: Book Literature
, Notes: Mark Twain's Library of Humor is an 1888 anthology of short humorous works compiled by Mark Twain, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, William Dean Howells and Charles Hopkins Clark. In 1880, George Gebbie suggested to Mark Twain that he publish an anthology of humorous works. The idea evolved into a project financed by Clemens to produce an anthology of American humor with himself as editor and Howells and Clark assisting.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884),the latter often called "The Great American Novel".
William Dean Howells (1837–1920) was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, as well as for his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria.
, Size: 8vo., , Category: Book Literature
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- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books
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- B6434
- Title
- Mark Twain's Library of Humor
- Author
- Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
- Book Condition
- Used - A very good copy.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Musson Book Co. Limited,
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- (c. 1888).
- Keywords
- Book Literature
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