Order Nr. 40440 THE JUMPING FROG. Mark Twain.
THE JUMPING FROG.
THE JUMPING FROG.
THE JUMPING FROG.
THE JUMPING FROG.

THE JUMPING FROG.

(Cheloniidae Press).
  • Easthampton: Cheloniidae Press, 1985.
  • small 8vo.
  • handsewn into paper wrappers by Claudia Cohen.
  • 64 pages.

Price: $450.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 40440

Limited to 300 copies of which this is one of 250 copies of the regular edition. Contains fifteen woodengravings by Alan James Robinson. Printed on T.H. Saunders paper in Centaur and Arrighi by Harold McGrath. This printing contains three versions of the story: the 1865 first appearance, the 1872 French edition, and the 1882 re-translation of the French edition. Includes Twain's afterword in which he explains the origin of the story and its resemblance to a 2000 year old Greek tale.