Twain, Mark, Illustrated by: Hutton, Clarke. The Prince and The Pauper. The Heritage Press, 1992.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover book in slipcase. Book: a little rubbing & edgewar; previous owner's crimp; overall clean & tight. Includes Sandglass. Slipcase: some rubbing & edgewear; some yellowing/fading. 282 pages

Seller: The Book Junction, Shippensburg, PA, U.S.A.

Twain, Mark & Linda Sandlin (bookbinder).. The Prince and the Pauper. With an Introduction by Edward Wagenknecht and Illustrations by Clarke Hutton. [Linda Sandlin bookbinding].. The Heritage Press New York (copyright 1964). Bookbinding by Linda Sandlin with her miniature binder’s label on the inner back cover, reading: Sandlin’s Books & Bindery Valparaiso IN[diana]. Ca. 1992., 1992.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Description: Size of binding: 7 1/8” x 10 1/4”, 221pp., illustrated with full page color illustrations & black & white drawings by Clarke Hutton. A copy of the Heritage Press edition of "The Prince and the Pauper", in a handcrafted design binding by Linda Sandlin. Bound in full gray (goatskin) leather with onlays of various color leathers; the spine features a blue leather title label with silver-stamped title & red leather “stitching” around the label. Front cover features the Prince’s crown in onlays of red & black & blue & tan leathers with metallic-surfaced leather details in gold & silver; Pauper’s coat in brown & blue leather outline, with special “patches” on coat & stick in brown leathers. The back cover (shown in the scan along with the spine) features the Prince's robe in dark purple & tan leathers with details or highlights in blue, red, & (feathered) black & silver & gold metallic-surfaced leathers; with gold-surfaced sword & Pauper's hat in dark blue with details in green, tan, brown & specially produced "stitched patch" on hat. Gray leather turn-ins & inner hinges with cream-colored endpapers. Applied, multi-colored headbands & multi-colored, sprinkled top edge. White, watered-surface cloth wraparound chemise. Chemise shows crease along spine area, a few dust spots. Bookbinding in fine condition. Artist’s descriptive statement: “It was one of those things where I had an idea in my head and had to get it on a copy of that book before it drove me crazy. Unfortunately, the best copy I came across was this Heritage press volume. The headbands are onlayed, and the the patches on the coat and hat are reverse side leather. All the ‘stitching’ on the patches and title slip are of red Nigerian goat strips which are tucked top and bottom to better simulate sewn threads, and to prevent peeling. The top edge is spattered to match the headbands. If you are familiar with the story you will remember that the two little boys (one a prince & one a pauper) trade places thus, the princely robe with the pauper hat, and the pauper coat with the prince’s crown.” (1993). This is one of Linda Sandlin's larger size handcrafted design bindings made around 1992.

Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.