Author: TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel] Title: Forty Three Days in an Open Boat" in Harper's New Monthly, December 1866 - May 1867, Volume XXXIV
Description: New York, Harper & Brothers, 1866-1867. First Edition. Wraps. Half dark brown morocco with marbled boards and matching morocco corners. Notable for containing Mark Twain's first appearance in print in a national magazine, predating his first book. Published anonymously in the individual issues, the story is attributed in the table of contents to "Mark Swain," as Twain had yet to gain national recognition, though his Jumping Frog story was just beginning to spread in newspapers throughout America. A clean, Fine copy .
Keywords: Americana, 19th Century Literature, Literary Periodicals, First Book, 19th Century American Literature, Sea Narrative, Travel, Mark Twain First Book 19th Century Literature Literature: American 19th Century American Literature
Price: US$ 437.50 Seller: Charles Agvent
- Book number: 020947
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