Title: The Christmas Fireside: The Story of a Bad Little Boy that bore a Charmed Life, Written by Grandfather Twain for Good Little Girls and Boys - Inscribed by the Publishers Author: Twain, Mark Place: [Hillsborough, CA] Publisher: [Allen Press] Date: [1949] Description: With 2 wood engravings. (16mo) 13.5x11 cm (5¼x4¼"), gilt-lettered marbled boards. 1 of 75 copies printed in three colors and originally sent to friends by the Allen Press. Inscribed by the Allens on the last page of text: "For Dr. & Mrs. Phelan, Dec. 1,1994, Lewis Allen Dorothy Allen." Also signed by the Allen's, "Dorothy, Lew & Stephen" in green ink in the colophon. Originally written by Mark Twain for the San Francisco Californian on December 23, 1865. Allen Press Biblio. 8. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear to boards, rubbing to extremities; very good or better. Item number: 272214
Title: The Christmas Fireside: The Story of a Bad Little Boy that bore a Charmed Life, Written by Grandfather Twain for Good Little Girls and Boys - Inscribed by the Publishers Author: Twain, Mark Place: [Hillsborough, CA] Publisher: [Allen Press] Date: [1949] Description: With 2 wood engravings. (16mo) 13.5x11 cm (5¼x4¼"), gilt-lettered marbled boards. 1 of 75 copies printed in three colors and originally sent to friends by the Allen Press. Inscribed by the Allens on the last page of text: "For Dr. & Mrs. Phelan, Dec. 1,1994, Lewis Allen Dorothy Allen." Also signed by the Allen's, "Dorothy, Lew & Stephen" in green ink in the colophon. Originally written by Mark Twain for the San Francisco Californian on December 23, 1865. Allen Press Biblio. 8. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear to boards, rubbing to extremities; very good or better. Item number: 272214
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