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Mark Twain

The Old-Time Printer, 1988
2 1/2 x 2 in.
6.3 x 5.1 cm.
Baltimore: Xavier Press
One of 175 copies.
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17pp. A speech given by Mark Twain in 1886 to commemorate Benjamin Franklin's birthday. With a reproduction of the 1940 U.S. Postage stamp honoring Twain tipped in as a frontispiece....
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17pp. A speech given by Mark Twain in 1886 to commemorate Benjamin Franklin's birthday. With a reproduction of the 1940 U.S. Postage stamp honoring Twain tipped in as a frontispiece. Two pieces of type of the sort used by Twain when he was a printer are housed in a pocket inside the rear cover. Near fine in gilt-stamped brown cloth, with original glassine. (Bradbury, p. 327). (2 1/2 by 2; 63x50mm).
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