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The jumping frog

Title: The jumping frog / Mark Twain. The private printing [i.e. history] of the "jumping frog" story : an afterword / by Samuel Clemens.
Author: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Publication: Easthampton [Mass.] : Cheloniidae Press, 1985.

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[47] p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Alternative Title

Grenouille sauteuse du comté de Calaveras.
Frog jumping of the county of Calaveras.

Note

"The jumping frog" (first published in Mark Twain's sketches, new and old, 1875) consists of the original story, "The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County"; a French translation by Th. Bentzon from Revue des deux mondes (July 15, 1872), "La grenouille sauteuse du comté de Calaveras"; and Twain's retranslation from French, "The frog jumping of the county of Calaveras." "The private history of the 'jumping frog' story" appeared in the North American review, no. 158 (1894).
Pages [17-20] on folded leaf.
Two blank leaves, not counted in collation, follow t.p. and precede colophon, p. [47].
Illustrations by Alan James Robinson: 15 prints from 14 blocks : wood engraving, b&w (2 green) ; full-page (4) and image 10 x 10 cm. or smaller. Printed by Harold McGrath at the Cheloniidae Press. One print repeated in green on front cover. Frontispiece is port. of author.

Call Number

*KP (Cheloniidae) 89-595

OCLC

13205594
NYPG85-B55729

Author

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

Title

The jumping frog / Mark Twain. The private printing [i.e. history] of the "jumping frog" story : an afterword / by Samuel Clemens.

Imprint

Easthampton [Mass.] : Cheloniidae Press, 1985.

Local Note

325 copies printed in black and green by Wild Carrot Letterpress, Hadley, Mass. No. 20 of 250 comprising "regular edition" issued in olive paper covers by Claudia Cohen (cf. prospectus); signed by the artist/publisher.

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Robinson, Alan James.

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Private history of the "jumping frog" story. 1985.

Added Title

Grenouille sauteuse du comté de Calaveras.

Frog jumping of the county of Calaveras.

Research Call Number

*KP (Cheloniidae) 89-595

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