Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional Facsimile Edition of The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner. Charles Winthrope & Sons, 2013. Facsimile Edition faithfully recreates the 1873 American Publishing Co. first edition first printing including the fold-out map and all first issue points. No other modern dates or imprints in a new illustrated, modern dust jacket. Many owners display the book without a jacket to appreciate the
The exterior of the book is in Near Fine condition with spotless, cloth boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, strong spine ends, no edge wear, and one bumped corner. The interior of the book is in Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and bright, making this an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, no price on the front flap and a small chip on the front cover.
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is a novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner first published in 1873. It satirizes greed and political corruption in post–Civil War America in the era now referred to as the Gilded Age. Although not one of Twain’s best-known works, it has appeared in more than one hundred editions since its original publication. Twain and Warner originally had planned to issue the novel with illustrations by Thomas Nast. Twain wrote the first eleven chapters, followed by twelve chapters written by Warner. Most of the remaining chapters were also written by only one of them, but the concluding chapters were attributed to joint authorship. The entire novel was completed between February and April 1873
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
