CLEMENS, Samuel L. ("Mark Twain," 1835-1910). The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Stories . Edited by John Paul [Charles Henry Webb]. New York: C.H. Webb, 1867.
CLEMENS, Samuel L. ("Mark Twain," 1835-1910). The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Stories . Edited by John Paul [Charles Henry Webb]. New York: C.H. Webb, 1867. First edition of the author’s rare first book, first issue , with the leaf of ads and unbroken type on pages 21, 66 and 198. An extremely fine copy, in the desirable green cloth . 12mo. 1-page publisher's advertisement at front. (Some slight very minor foxing at beginning, otherwise very fine.) Original green beveled cloth, with gilt frog at the center of the front cover, blind impression at center of the rear cover, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine; cloth folding case. BAL 3310; Seven Gables First Books 58; Zamorano 80 17. Queen notes that Twain's first book is the "first important foreshadowing of crime-in-the-ascendancy in the short story... This acknowledged classic of legend and folklore is an early example of the confidence game in fiction. If this statement surprises you, reread Mark Twain's tale of trickery and ask yourself: When the slick stranger filled Jim Smiley's frog, Dan'l Webster, full of quail-shot, wasn't he really playing a clever skin game?" ( Queen's Quorum 7).
CLEMENS, Samuel L. ("Mark Twain," 1835-1910). The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Stories . Edited by John Paul [Charles Henry Webb]. New York: C.H. Webb, 1867.
CLEMENS, Samuel L. ("Mark Twain," 1835-1910). The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Stories . Edited by John Paul [Charles Henry Webb]. New York: C.H. Webb, 1867. First edition of the author’s rare first book, first issue , with the leaf of ads and unbroken type on pages 21, 66 and 198. An extremely fine copy, in the desirable green cloth . 12mo. 1-page publisher's advertisement at front. (Some slight very minor foxing at beginning, otherwise very fine.) Original green beveled cloth, with gilt frog at the center of the front cover, blind impression at center of the rear cover, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine; cloth folding case. BAL 3310; Seven Gables First Books 58; Zamorano 80 17. Queen notes that Twain's first book is the "first important foreshadowing of crime-in-the-ascendancy in the short story... This acknowledged classic of legend and folklore is an early example of the confidence game in fiction. If this statement surprises you, reread Mark Twain's tale of trickery and ask yourself: When the slick stranger filled Jim Smiley's frog, Dan'l Webster, full of quail-shot, wasn't he really playing a clever skin game?" ( Queen's Quorum 7).
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