Mark Twain/Dan Beard/Hal Hurst - The American Claimant - 1892

A very RARE and beautiful book..."The American Claimant" published in London by Chatto & Windus in 1892, is the first UK edition of Mark Twain's satirical novel concerning aristocratic inheritance and American identity. Printed the same year as the American edition this British issue contains advertisements dated May 1892 and was released in decorative publisher's cloth, with 81 illustrations by Dan Beard and Hal Hurst. The narrative follows an American claimant to an English earldom and addresses themes of class, title, and social ambition within a late nineteenth century context. Very Good, Inside clean and complete, externally original cloth with light wear around edges and corners, shelfwear, boards a bit soiled and bowed. Scarce

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