1886 ~ DAYS WITH SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY, Illustrated by Hugh Thomson, 1st / 1st WORLD / CULTURES first printing of THE SNAKE

first printing of THE SNAKE by F

The volumes do not appear to have been read

but it was written a full five years before Twain dressed it up a bit and published it in "Roughing It" in 1872

after which it turned out that he was the only entrant

Genuinely erudite

1886 ~ DAYS WITH SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY, Illustrated by Hugh Thomson, 1st / 1st WORLD / CULTURES first printing of THE SNAKE1886 ~ Days With Sir Roger De Coverley ~ Reprint from The Spectator, Illustrated by Hugh Thomson ~ 1st Edition Publisher: MacMillan and Co., London (1886) Rare, first edition of "Days with Sir Roger De Coverley," illustrated by Hugh Thomson in EXCELLENT CONDITION. Blue boards with gilt decorations and writing. The boards and binding are solid and tight with very little shelf wear. The gilt fore edge pages are crisp and clean, and the book has no