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"Forty-Three days in an Open Boat" by Mark Swain (Twain), Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Volume XXXIV. December, 1866, to May, 1867
Various · New York
- Author
- Various
- Date
- 1867
- Place
- New York
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 4to.(6" x 9.675") 816 pp. Quarter brown leather with corners over marbled boards. Spine with four gilt bordered raised bands, giolt lettering to two compartments, single blindstamp floral device to others. All edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Spine sun-faded to light brown. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss to tips, boards rubbed and scuffed in places. Head and foot of spine with tiny chips, little loss.
- Format
- The December 1866 issue contains the first appearance of a story by Mark Twain in a magazine, “Forty-three Days in an Open Boat,” printed under his misprinted nom-de-plume “Mark Swain.”
- Category
- History & Americana
- Record
- S.I.9178
"Forty-Three days in an Open Boat" by Mark Swain (Twain), Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Volume XXXIV. December, 1866, to May, 1867. Various; Mark Twain. 1867. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 4to.(6" x 9.675") 816 pp. Quarter brown leather with corners over marbled boards. Spine with four gilt bordered raised bands, gilt lettering to two compartments, single blindstamp floral device to others. All edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Spine sun-faded to light brown. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss to tips, boards rubbed and scuffed in places. Head and foot of spine with tiny chips, little loss. The December 1866 issue contains the first appearance of a story by Mark Twain in a magazine, “Forty-three Days in an Open Boat,” printed under his misprinted nom-de-plume “Mark Swain.”
Condition
Good
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