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We expect that we will be down through April and hope to resume sending our weekly e-catalogues sometime in May. At that time we will be open “by appointment only”. Until then our books will not be for sale. In the meantime, you can contact us by email at nick@blackswanbooks.com.
We expect that we will be down through April and hope to resume sending our weekly e-catalogues sometime in May. At that time we will be open “by appointment only”. Until then our books will not be for sale. In the meantime, you can contact us by email at nick@blackswanbooks.com.

LOTOS LEAVES: ORIGINAL STORIES, ESSAYS, AND POEMS
Boston: William F. Gill and Company, 1875.
Full Leather. First Edition. The leatherbound edition, containing the first appearance of Mark Twain’s story “An Encounter with the Interviewer” [BAL 3363]. This printing is the Welch, Bigelow with the printer’s device on the copyright page; it is the first of two printings noted in the BAL. A beautiful copy in full brown morocco with elaborate blocking in blind, and the lotos leaves decoration blocked in gold; raised bands with decorations in blind, and titling in gold; dentelles; all edges gilt. (BAL 3363).
Near Fine binding.
Item #279397
Price: $300.00
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