Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Mark Twain. The Prince and the Pauper. Charles L. Webster and Company, New York, 1885.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Later Printing. 6.75 x 8.5in. 411pp. Publisher's cloth boards with stamped and gilt decoration and titling. GOOD. Shows the extremities shelf rubbed with some marginal fraying and loss, toning and handling marks of the earliest and latest parts of the text-block, front hinge has been neatly repaired, otherwise the binding is secure, the text is unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. As pictured.
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Mull/Hinge exposed on front free endpaper, and it is neatly repaired with white tape on rear endpaper. 1/3rd of front free endpaper was neatly sliced and removed. Yellowing to pages. Fraying on edge of front cover, back cover, and spine. Minor brown stains on the prelimbs. Spine is relatively tight for its age. Light scratching on front and back cover. No apparent discoloration. No markings. ; B&W Illustrations; 411 pages
Seller: True Oak Books, Highland, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$102.76 + shipping
Description: 411 pp. Illustrated (b/w) Publisher's green, richly decorated cloth. Skillfully rebacked, old spine laid down, hinges strengthened, otherwise very good.
Seller: Rönnells Antikvariat AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pictorial green cloth, stamped in gilt on upper board and spine; 8vo; pp. 411, with 192 illustrations. Cloth the tiniest bit chipped at spine tips and corners. An excellent copy.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: bottom edges of pages water damaged, gilt on cover and spine, cover soiled, black and white illustrations, scribbling of a toddler on some pages, new end papers DATE PUBLISHED: 1885 EDITION: FIRST ED 411
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$159.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Former owners' names at top corner of title page, and on bookplate inside front board. Great copy for family library. Good+ with hinges repaired and lightly scuffed. Corners, head and heel worn and spine lightly evenly dulled. Heraldic decoration on front board. After Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer, the best family reading of Twain's books.
Seller: Mythos Center Books, Frontenac, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$270.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Worn and soiled dark green HB with gold emblem and gold lettering on front and spine/hinge weak, webbing shows but book intact/; 400+ pages; Owner inscription/book edges slightly soiled/some wear at top and bottom spine
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.