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Book/Printed Material The tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson ; and the comedy Those extraordinary twins

About this Item

Title

  • The tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson ; and the comedy Those extraordinary twins

Names

  • Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
  • Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894, inscriber.
  • Friedman, Frances R., former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Hartford, Conn. : American Pub. Co., 1894.

Headings

  • -  Infants switched at birth--Fiction
  • -  Impostors and imposture--Fiction
  • -  Passing (Identity)--Fiction
  • -  Trials (Murder)--Fiction
  • -  Race relations--Fiction
  • -  Conjoined twins--Fiction
  • -  Missouri--Fiction

Genre

  • Legal stories

Notes

  • -  Previously published under title: Pudd'nhead Wilson. Cf. BAL.
  • -  BAL notes 2 states (printings?) with the t.p. being a cancel in the 2nd state or printing; also slight variations in signing and bulk. Copies are bound in brown cloth; sometimes in calf, or half morocco.
  • -  LC copy in 1st state.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2068
  • -  Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature 3442
  • -  LC copy: Source: Exchange with Harvard University, July 26, 1954.
  • -  Recat to AACR2: qr15 08-04-94
  • -  LAC tnb 2020-01-09 no edits (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-05-02 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 432 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., 1 port. ; 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PS1317 .A1 1894a
  • PS1317 .A1 1894a Copy 2 Copy 2. 1st state. Rosenwald collection item 2068. Bound in full calf. Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald.
  • PS1317 .A1 1894a Copy 3 Copy 3. 1st state. Inscribed on p. [2] of cover: O.W. Holmes, Boston.
  • PS1317 .A1 1894a Copy 4 Copy 4. 1st state. Gift of Frances R. Friedman, June 15, 1992.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 54053102

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Twain, Mark, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Frances R Friedman, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection, and Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection. The tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson ; and the comedy Those extraordinary twins. Hartford, Conn.: American Pub. Co, 1894. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/54053102/.

APA citation style:

Twain, M., Holmes, O. W., Friedman, F. R., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection & Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection. (1894) The tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson ; and the comedy Those extraordinary twins. Hartford, Conn.: American Pub. Co. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/54053102/.

MLA citation style:

Twain, Mark, et al. The tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson ; and the comedy Those extraordinary twins. Hartford, Conn.: American Pub. Co, 1894. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/54053102/>.