Description
First edition of The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories by Mark Twain.
Octavo, [8], 9-260pp, [2], 9pp advertisements. Tan cloth, title in gilt on spine, illustrations on front cover. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Includes half-title, advertisements at rear. Frontispiece by Dan Beard with tissue cover. Some soiling to cloth, free of marks or notations. (BAL 3436) (McBride 158)
The first American edition of The £1,000,000 Bank-Note was published by Charles L. Webster of New York and advertised as early as April 15th, 1893. Two weeks later, the first English edition was published on April 28th.
