Boards Hard front and rear covers of a bound book which are covered in cloth, leather or paper.Association Copy copy that belonged to someone connected with the author or the contents of a book.Armorial Used to describe a binding bearing the coat of arms of the original owner, or with bookplates incorporating the owner’s arms.Although the name contains the word “tint”, this is a black-and-white printing process aquatint plates can often be hand colored, however. By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes. Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.An attractive copy in extremely good condition. Light toning and rubbing to spine, minor wear to extremities, slight soiling to cloth.

and IV., just ready.” Without plate called for facing page 120 (“The Examination of Joan”).

First state, with advertisement leaf at rear beginning with The Abbey Shakespeare and describing Memoirs of Barras as “Vols. Instead, the title-page cited as author Sieur Louis de Conte, the narrator with initials identical to Samuel L. In Twain’s only full-length work to focus on a female, Joan of Arc-modeled after his favorite daughter, Susy-is characterized as capable, defiant, independent, dynamic and courageous… Regarding this as a ‘serious’ work and not wanting to disappoint readers who expected humorous material, Twain insisted on anonymous publication” but later changed his mind in May 1896 the work was published in the United States “with Twain’s name on the spine and front cover but not on the title page. Unlike many of Twain’s works that are based on personal experiences… this work involved extensive research: reading histories, biographies, historical romances, and teaching himself the French language. “This next-to-last full-length publication by Twain covers the life of Joan from shortly after her birth in Domremy, France, in 1412 through her execution by burning at the stake in 1431. Octavo, original gilt-stamped red cloth.įirst edition, first state, of the work Twain “personally considered his best.” THE WORK TWAIN CONSIDERED HIS BEST: FIRST EDITION OF PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC

Joan of arc book by mark twain