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I cant wait for her to finish so i can read it too. First edition, first issue of twains masterpiece, one. Mark twain rare books and memorabilia justcollecting. First american edition after the first british edition. Luckily for us, sam wrote letters to his family back east and kept notes of his adventure he later wrote a book about his years living in the wild west. Zinzi clemmons on her debut novel about loss, coming of age. Samuel clemens, florida, mo, 1835 to the cover of volume one and mark twain, stormfield, 1910 to the cover of volume two, clemens and twain on. I have been in the rare and antiquarian book business for over forty years. She worked for richs for over 20 years and then made the transition with them to macys. Clemmons the magazine is all about life in and around clemmons, north carolina. Find antique books, rare edition books, 1st ed books, and more. Shop our varied group of samuel clemens rare and other relevant items on sale online. The adventures of huckleberry finn tom sawyers comrade authorized edition by twain, mark samuel l.
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