CLEMENS, SAMUEL LANGHORNE ("Mark Twain"). The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, And Other Sketches. New York: C.H. Webb, 1867. 12mo, original lavender cloth, bevelled edges, the frog, in gilt, is in the lower left part of the front cover, wear at ends of spine and fore-corners, spine a bit faded, covers lightly soiled and spotted; half morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, which catapulted him to literary celebrity; inserted leaf of advertisements at front. BAL 3310; Zamorano 80, no. 17: "Perhaps no short sketch of Twain's so quickly won wide popularity as did 'The Jumping Frog.'"
CLEMENS, SAMUEL LANGHORNE ("Mark Twain"). The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, And Other Sketches. New York: C.H. Webb, 1867. 12mo, original lavender cloth, bevelled edges, the frog, in gilt, is in the lower left part of the front cover, wear at ends of spine and fore-corners, spine a bit faded, covers lightly soiled and spotted; half morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, which catapulted him to literary celebrity; inserted leaf of advertisements at front. BAL 3310; Zamorano 80, no. 17: "Perhaps no short sketch of Twain's so quickly won wide popularity as did 'The Jumping Frog.'"
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