Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. First edition. Octavo (7.875 x 5.125 inches; 200 x 130 mm.). [2, blank], [iv], 120, [1], [1, blank] pages (sheets bulk one-half inch, one of three variants, no established priority). Illustrated frontispiece inserted with tissue guard. Publisher's red cloth, spine and front board lettered in white, front board decoratively stamped in gray and blue; all edges of the text block trimmed; plain endpapers. Spine very slightly askew; backstrip very faintly dulled with a touch of wear to the lettering; touch of soiling to the covers with a couple faint dampstains, including a circular stain over the pictorial stamping; corners and spine ends barely bumped with a touch of wear. Gift inscription on the front pastedown. Very good. BAL 3511. (#10130).