Mark Twain's autobiography / with an introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine ; in two volumes.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Category
Books
Date
1924
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3256701.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 2 : port. ; 8vo. Provenance: Twentieth-century pictorial bookplate (sailing ship with Fairhaven arms on sails): ‘Sapphire R.Y.S.’ and ‘Broughton’ [i.e. from the library of the yacht ‘Sapphire’, owned by Urban Hanlon Broughton (1857-1929), later by Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full publisher's blue cloth; single blind fillet to form an outer border on upper board; gilt stamped signature of Mark Twain on upper board; gilt lettered spine; gilt top edge.
Makers and roles
Mark Twain (1835-1910), author Albert Bigelow Paine (1861-1937), author