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Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: [x], 140p. 2nd printing. Cover soiled with corners worn and spine cloth torn on top, bookplate partially removed on front pastedown. "Most of the sketches in this volume were taken from a series the author wrote for 'The Galaxy' from May, 1870, to April 1871. The rest appeared in 'The Buffalo Express.'" (7-5/8"x4-7/8")
Seller: Champ & Mabel Collectibles, San Pedro, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Spine cloth a bit darkened with age. Yellowish/mustard colored cloth and black lettering very clean and bright. ; Small previous bookstore's sticker on inside front cover. "Note Most of the sketches in this volume were taken from a series the author wrote for The Galaxy from May, 1870, to April, 1871. The rest appeared in The Buffalo Express." ; 4 3/4 x 7 5/8"; 140 pages.
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Covers shelfworn. Owner enjoyed his stamp as there are five on the front endpaper.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$94.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st edition. Yellow printed boards, white cloth backstrip. Light offsetting to rear end papers. Spine cracking on exterior but all pages still tightly bound. A previous owner's name and sticker inside. Reliable customer service. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available! (Heavy books & sets may require extra shipping charges.)
Seller: Big Star Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
Samuel Clemens [Mark Twain]. The Curious Republic of Gondor. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1919.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition of Clemens' satirical sketch of a speculative republic in which there is universal suffrage, but certain societal privileges afforded individuals additional votes. Published in the same year women's suffrage was passed and ratified in the United States. Very Good, worn corners, toned strip to top edge of front board, front hinge starting, foxed endpapers, else clean within. Beige paper boards with stamped black paneling and lettering backed with white cloth with black lettering to spine. vii, 140 pp
Seller: Better Read Than Dead, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches" by Samuel Clemens (MARK TWAIN). 1919 1st edition, 2nd printing (stated); Boni and Liveright; New York. The book is a collection of 17 humorous short stories - please see the photos for the complete list. Condition: Light soiling to the covers and spine. The front cover has a very light stain at the center. Tiny cloth tears at the cover corners, and at the top/bottom edges of the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Light foxing to the pages throughout the book (though a few random pages have a bit heavier foxing). Old bookshop label affixed to the front end paper. Overall the book is in Good condition.
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 140 pages. Very good. (073)
Seller: Colorado Pioneer Books, Centennial, CO, U.S.A.
Clemens, Samuel. THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1919.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, [i]-[x], 1-140 pages. In Very Good minus condition, lacking issued dust jacket. Quarter bound in whit cloth with yellow paper boards and black text on spine and front cover. Boards have cloth exposed at corners of rear cover and mild shelf wear. Textblock has sticker on rear pastedown. Shelved Case 13. 1376292. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The Curious Republic Of Gondour. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1919.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Curious Republic Of Gondour by Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain). Publisher: Boni and Liveright, New York, 1919. First edition in original orange-brown cloth with grey cloth spine. First edition with 1919 on both the title-page and copyright page. Binding in very good condition with some age toning and very slight wear at the spine ends. Contents clean, book plate on the front paste-down and owners signature and date on the ffep. Toning to the front and back free endpapers (as usual). Else a nice tight copy. 140 pages. 4 ¾ x 7 ½ inches. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #18-394. Price: $250.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$252.66 + shipping
Description: 12mo. 18.5cm, The First Edition, vii,140p., quarter tan book linen backed sandy brown paper over boards, spine and cover titles and borders stamped in black, a fine copy BAL 3527. Most of the sketches were taken from a series the author wrote for "The Galaxy" from May, 1870 to April. 1871. The rest appeared in "The Buffalo Express". Probably an unauthorized edition; one of The Penguin Series with logo on title page and spine.
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Twain's classic collection of humorous sketches. Octavo, original half cloth over paper-covered boards. In near fine condition. Period ownership inscription. "Apparently unironic and wisely unsigned, [Twain's The Curious Republic of Gondour] modestly proposed a change in the suffrage laws. the essay argued, in essence, that universal suffrage was fine - but why not allot bonus voting privileges on an escalating scale based on extent of education and property holding" (Powers, Mark Twain: A Life, 378).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Thin stip along edges of boards browned, near fine in soiled dust jacket with four one-half inch chips in mylar cover.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Samuel L. Clemens. The Curious Republic of Gondour. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1919.
Price: US$397.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tall 12mo hardcover: white cloth spine over printed gold-colored boards; tight binding, clean, bright and unfoxed pages, none torn or marked, the covers have no apparent faults, toned strip in arm pit of endpaper, else VG+++ IN Scarce dustjacket: front and back panels and fold-ins intact and quite decent, the spine has been nibbled on by nibblers and there is much loss, now in clear mylar jacket protector. Scarce first edition with dustjacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 140pp pages
Seller: Mossback Books, hartland, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: vii, 140 pp. 12mo, publisher's cloth-backed printed gold boards in dust jacket. First edition. BAL 3527. A beautiful copy in a dust-soiled jacket missing most of the top 1-1/2" of the spine, with a few other much small chips. Scarce in jacket.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Description: New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. Original yellow-orange boards with white cloth spine, with dust jacket. First Edition, being the fifth volume in Boni & Liveright's "Penguin Series." Published nine years after his death, this is one of Twain's few books that appeared under his real name, without mention of his well-known pseudonym. Most of these seventeen humorous sketches had appeared in periodicals in 1870-1871, which means they were some of Twain's earliest; none had previously appeared in book form. In the title story, Twain (looking ahead about 150 years?) presents an intriguing idea: each resident of Gondour is entitled to one vote but can "earn" additional votes (up to a dozen) by availing himself or herself of (free) education; and, each candidate for office must pass strenuous examinations to verify competency before election. This volume is fine, amazingly clean and without wear; the scarce dust jacket has one closed tear on the rear panel, plus edge-wear and soil that are quite minor. Blanck 3527; McBride p. 246.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (19cm); yellow printed paper-covered boards and white cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; x,140,[2]pp. Foxing to upper edge of textblock, some offsetting to pastedowns from binders glue, with some light wear and gentle sunning to spine ends; contents clean; Very Good+. In the original dustjacket, priced $1.25 at mid-spine; gently spine-sunned, lightly edgeworn, with a few small tears and attendant creases, short split to front flap fold, and shallow losses to spine ends and corner-tips, costing some of the lettering at crown; unrestored, Very Good only. A series of humorous sketches, including the title essay Twain originally wrote for the Atlantic, "apparently unironic and wisely unsigned, that modestly proposed a change in the suffrage laws. Titled "The Curious Republic of Gondour," the essay argued, in essence, that universal suffrage was fine - but why not allot bonus voting privileges on an escalating scale based on extent of education and property holding" (Powers, Ron. Mark Twain: A Life, p.378). BAL 3527; Smith T-429.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Twain's collection of humorous sketches. Octavo, original half cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket. "Apparently unironic and wisely unsigned, [Twain's The Curious Republic of Gondour] modestly proposed a change in the suffrage laws. the essay argued, in essence, that universal suffrage was fine - but why not allot bonus voting privileges on an escalating scale based on extent of education and property holding" (Powers, Mark Twain: A Life, 378).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The Curious Republic of Gondour. Boni and Liveright, New York,, 1919.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Curious Republic of Gondour by Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain). First edition in scarce dust jacket. Publisher: Boni and Liveright, New York, 1919. Dust in very good condition, chipping at the top and bottom of the spine. Binding is in fine condition. Contents clean. 140 pages. 4 ¾ x 7 ½ inches. A very nice copy in a very scarce dust jacket. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #23-013. Price: $975.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A wonderful first edition/first printing in about Fine condition. Rough yellow paper boards sides with white cloth shelfback; black lettering and border design, BAL 3527. The Very Good+, slightly spine-faded dustjacket shows some chipping with a few small tears. Scarce to find with acceptable wrapper; A collection of sketches, most of which were taken from a series the author wrote for The Galaxy from May 1870, to April 1871. The rest appeared in The Buffalo Express; Small 8vo; [x], 140, [2] pages
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.