The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins
Harford, Conn. American Publishing Co., 1894. Firat Edition. Octavo. Item #023905
First issue. portrait frontispiece, with tissue guard, 432 pp., illustrated throughout within the margins. The story is set in the antebellum South. It highlights the problems of slavery, and racial discrimination which had become severer, even around 30 years after the Civil War. This work notes Mark Twain's criticism of racial discrimination with the irrational categorization of Blacks and Whites succeeding from the antebellum South at the end of 19th century. A very good copy bound in brown cloth lettered and decorated in black and gilt, spine lettered and decorated in black and gilt, some wear to corners, spine ends worn with minor chipping, no names or bookplates, some toning to margins and title page.
Price: $450.00