The Buyers' Manual And Business Guide - "The Public To Mark Twain" - 1872

Description: Product Description: Listing is for one, used, "The Buyers' Manual And Business Guide Being a Description of the Leading Business Houses Manufactories, Inventions, Etc. of the Pacific Coast Together With Copious and Readable Selections, Chiefly From California Writers" Compiled by J. Price and C.S. Haley" 1872, Francis & Valentine, Hardcover. Features 5 literary contributions from Mark Twain including: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, Entertaining History of the Scriptural Panoramist, The Public To Mark Twain, Mark Twain in New York, and My First Interview With Artemus Ward. Book has been read previously and shows signs of age. Original brown cloth cover with "Tales, Sketches, Poetry And Music" in gilt with border. Hardcover boards show wear appropriate for a book of this age such as scuffing, corner rubbing, staining, fraying, wrinkling/warping, and color fading. Cloth is mostly separated from binding at the spine. Book is slanted. Front hinge is cracked, with no notable wear through the front endpaper pastedown. Old price/year in pencil on the front free endpaper. Flyleaves are missing. Publication page shows significant yellowing/foxing and a small tear. Page edges are brittle, show some chipping. Page 23 is cut in half, with a minor tear to pages 24-25 as well. Rear hinge is cracked with no notable wear through to the rear endpaper pastedown. Page 67-68 show a tear to the top right corner, as if dog-eared and then torn. Pages show yellowing/foxing. Some pages may be or may have been dog-eared. Occasional stray marks. A rare treasure indeed! Ships quickly and securely. Enjoy!

Price: 299.95 USD

Location: Pembroke, Maine

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