[Clemens, Samuel Langhorne]. Punch, Brothers, Punch! And Other Sketches by Mark Twain. Slote, Woodman & Co, New York, 1878.

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Description: First edition: title page with author's name written in roman, letters missing from p 91, line 4, and 13 lines on p 101. Decorations, advertisements for "Mark Twain's Scrapbooks"on the verso of the last leaf. 140, [ii] pp. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. Includes the following: "Punch, Brother, Punch;" "Speech on the Weather.;" "Rogers;" "Map of Paris (with Map);" "Random Notes of an Idle Excursion;" "Speech at a Dinner of the Knights of St. Patrick;" "An Encounter with an Interviewer;" "The Loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence, etc.;" "The Canvasser's Tale.". BAL 3378 Green cloth stamped in black and gilt, terminal paste-down illustration of the scrap book as in BAL binding 1 for cloth binding. Extremities frayed, hinges starting internally, missing free endpapers, signed George Kirby Holmes July 20 '79 on flyleaf Decorations, advertisements for "Mark Twain's Scrapbooks"on the verso of the last leaf. 140, [ii] pp. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo First edition: title page with author's name written in roman, letters missing from p 91, line 4, and 13 lines on p 101.

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