Mark Twain Green Cloth Authors National Edition 7 Book Set ~1917

Description: Mark Twain 7-Book Set from the Green Cloth Author's National Edition, Good condition for the years. 7 out of the full 25 volume set! Hardbound. Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishing.Description:- Beginning in 1917 volume numbers were stamped on the spine of the green cloth Author's National Edition. Over the next two years advertising reveals that Harper and Brothers instituted several price increases in the green cloth Author's National Edition. Ads running in June 1918 priced the set at a total of $29. By May 1919, the price has risen to $32, payable in fifteen monthly installments. The price had increased, but the company was allowing customers a longer time to complete the payments.- All of the Authors National Edition set included: "This i the authorized Uniform Edition of my books. Mark Twain". In 1917 Harper removed the word "all" from the statement -- an acknowledgment that the sets did not contain all of Mark Twain's books. Titles Included:* Volume 20: Tom Sawyer Broad Etc, 1917, 452 pages, spine is wobbily* Volume 21: The American Claimant Etc,1899, 397 pages, excellent condition* Volume 22: Literary Essays, 1918, 405 pages, good condition* Volume 23: The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg Etc,1917, 365 pages, acceptable* Volume 5: Following the Equator, 1899, 317 pages, very good* Volume 7: Roughing It, 1913, 287 pages, spine is separating but still together* Volume 16: A Connecticut Yankee Etc, 1917, 450 pages, spine is beginning to separateYou may be interested in our other eBay listings. That's it! Thanks for lookin' and enjoy eBayin' Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution

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Location: Roswell, Georgia

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