Mark Twain's Author's National Edition, Vol. 10: The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories and Essays (Vintage, Hardcover)

Condition

GOOD: This book is from the early 20th Century and is in excellent condition for a book of this age. The library that previously held this book has placed stamps on the inside front cover and the front end page. Although the pages are yellowed, they are still attractive and readable. The cover is a dark green and the spine has golden foil lettering.

Product Details

This is Volume 10 from the 1922 set ofAuthor’s National Edition of The Writing of Mark Twain . Each volume has a single drawing related to the contents, a standardized title page, and the inscription “This is the authorized Uniform Edition of my books. Mark Twain” — Note this is a copy of Mark Twain’s signature, NOT an original.

In this volume, Copyright 1917, is the short story "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" (all about temptation, greed, honesty, and revenge) and the following "Other Stories and Essays":

• "My Début as a Literary Person"
• "The £1,000,000 Bank Note"
• "The Esquimau Maiden's Romance"
• "My First Lie, and How I Got Out of It"
• "The Belated Russian Passport"
• "Two Little Tales"
• "About Play-Acting"
• "Diplomatic Pay and Clothes"
• "Is He Living or Is He Dead?"
• "My Boyhood Dreams"
• "The Austrian Edison Keeping School Again"
• "The Death Disk"
• "A Double-Barreled Detective Story"
• "A Petition to the Queen of England"