Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Mark Twain's Scrap Book. 1878. First edition.

Mark Twain's Scrap Book

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Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Mark Twain's Scrap Book. New York: Daniel Slote & Co., 1878. Unknown edition, originally published in 1877 (according to BAL). Publisher and patent registration information (April 23, 1878, also 1873 (U. S.), 1877 (England and France)) printed in gold and blue on a label affixed to the front pastedown. Octavo (9.625 x 6.25 inches; 250 x 160 mm.). 50 guarded leaves with adhesive gummed lines pasted onto stubs and paginated by a rubber stamp in the upper corners. Publisher's cloth, brown variant, spine and front board stamped in gilt and black, rear board stamped in blind; plain light grayish blue endpapers, rear pastedown with an expanding pocket ("patent applied for"). Boards somewhat rubbed; spine ends and corners worn; cloth split along the bottom edge with some fraying and small tears; front joint cracked. Front hinge mended, rear hinge cracking but stable; lacking the front free endpaper; page edges slightly worn; occasional light foxing. Good. "Not a literary production but a scrapbook invented by Clemens" (BAL). Full of contemporary newspaper clippings and illustrations. BAL 3614 (1877 edition). (#10165).