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THE CARPET-BAG WEEKLY (NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE) , VOLUME I, NO. 44-52 & VOLUME II, NO. 1-46, INCLUDING THE DANDY FRIGHTENING THE SQUATTER
For the Amusement of the Reader
Author: by Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens]; S. W. Wilder & Benjamin Shillaber, editors.
Cover: Hardcover
Date: 1852
First Edition
Book: Fair
Contains the very first national appearance of the writing of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain). "The Dandy Frightening the Squatter" with the byline S. L. C. In Volume II, No. 5. It's a humorous short article and is quite rare. This bound collection is lacking the cover but still bound together. The first few pages are loose with soiling and tattered edges. Beyond the first few pages, the pages are toned with some soiling but in good condition.


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