The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, And other Sketches Presentation copy

by Mark Twain, Samuel L. Clemens

$95,000 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition · Signed

New York: C. H. Webb, 1867. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the blank recto of the advertisement leaf: With compliments of Mark Twain New York, May 9, 1867. The original recipient's name has been torn away and the advertisement leaf has been repaired with a section from another first edition copy . The novel was published in April 25, 1867, making this one of the earliest

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