The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages / Mark Twain
Book
411 pages. 192 illustrations.
First state. Copyright pages states 1881.
First issue with spine rosette 1/8 inch below billet and Franklin Press imprint on copyright page. With corrected texts on page 124, line 1 ("state" instead of "estate"), page 263, nine lines from bottom ("do" instead of "do not"), and page 363, three lines from bottom ("reined" instead of "reigned"). First published in London.
2015.7.74
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
ImpostorsJuvenile fiction1880s
8-1/2 in
7 in
Mark Twain
First American
Boston
Massachusetts
United States
North America
1882
Publisher's Binding- Eastlake Design
Bound in dark green cloth with black and white repeat pattern stamping to spine and cover in an Eastlake style. Gilt stamping of crown and scepters to cover and spine.
Edward VI, King of England
Franklin Press
prt
London
England
Bibliography of American Literature
BAL3402