What is Man? Limited edition

by Mark Twain, Samuel L. Clemens

$6,500 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition · Signed · Limited edition

New York: De Vinne Press, 1906. First edition. First edition, limited issue, number 143 of 250 copies; a presentation copy, inscribed beneath the limitation by Twain’s friend and literary executor, “John S andborn Phillips from A lbert B igelow Paine. Second issue, as usual, with p. 131 ending, “thinks about | it” APG . Original blue-gray boards, morocco label, gilt.

  • Binding: Leather

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