Mark Twain in Eruption: Hitherto Unpublished Pages about Men and Events.

by TWAIN, Mark (1835–1910)

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First edition · In dust jacket

Mark Twain; Bernard DeVoto, editor. MARK TWAIN IN ERUPTION: Hitherto Unpublished Pages about Men and Events. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. First Edition. Octavo. xxvii, [1], 1–402, [12] pp. Original orange cloth; black lettering to spine. Deckled fore edge; publisher's blue top stain. Full dust jacket, unclipped. Editor and Twain Scholar Bernard DeVoto selected works from the unpublished parts of Twain's autobiography, 1922. DeVoto took Twain's literary and opinionated anecdotes, asides, and discourses and shaped them into semi-autobiographical form for publication in 1940. Twain discusses everything from Andrew Carnegie to Kipling; an insider's look at Mark Twain and how his humor became American folklore. Contents generally clean and unmarked. Gift inscription to front free endpaper dated 1948. Corners bumped. Light edgewear and minor chipping to dust jacket. Very Good edition in Good+ dust jacket. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover; in Dust Jacket]

• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
• Year: 1940
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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