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Publication: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

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  • Publication: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtPublication Record # 345695
  • Author: Mark Twain
  • Date: 1889-12-12
  • Publisher: Charles L. Webster and Co.
  • Pages: xv+575
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Dan Beard
  • Webpages: archive.org
  • Notes:
    • 1st ed.
    • Front cover title "A Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (see image, confirmed by OCLC 1072888), but title page gives "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
    • OCLC 1072888 describes two states -- credits illus. "after Daniel Beard" -- "xv, [1], 17-575, [3] p."
    • LCCN 03-19531 describes two states
    • LCCN 67-351 (Ann Arbor, University Microfilms, 1966) credits illus. Daniel Carter Beard
    • Publ date per brief review with several excerpts Hartford Courant 1889-12-09 p3, "To be published ... Dec. 12." (no price)
    • Excerpted late 1889 in many newspapers, some with capsule review; see also The Century 1889-11 excerpt edited by Twain, title 89606
    • Reviewed SF Chronicle 1889-12-22 p7 "with all the advantages of illustrations" (not credited; no price) Reviewed The Sun (Baltimore) 1889-12-30 p2 (no price)
    • Webster was a subscription publisher created by Twain; some 1889/90 advertisement apparently recruit agents to sell this book
    • HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of 1891 printing with identical front cover, publisher, and page-count: "List of Illustrations", p.ix-xiv, lists initial letters, head- and tailpieces, and other small illustrations, as well as full-page b/w plates that are included in the pagination (more of full-page plates than the 24 in some later publications); uncredited, many legibly signed "Dan Beard". Library of Congress report of the 1889 Chatto & Windus 1st UK ed. -- "with 220 illustrations by Dan. Beard.", probably quoting the title page, OCLC 36014848-- evidently fits this edition.
    • Cover illustration is by Beard, comparison shows.
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