TWAIN, MARK (AUTHOR); NEIDER, CHARLES (EDITOR) — The Comic Mark Twain Reader: The Most Humorous Selections from His Stories, Sketches, Novels, Travel Books and Lectures

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1977. Hardcover. ISBN: 038511334X. Book club edition. A selection of writings by Mark Twain, chosen for their humorous qualities by editor Charles Neider, who supplies an introduction and notes. Includes 8 short stories, excerpts from speeches, and nuggets borrowed from his longer works such as "Life on the Mississippi" and "Huckleberry Finn." --- In red-violet paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with spine titling in silver. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- With prior owner's signature to front paste-down; otherwise a bright, clean, firm copy.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xxx, 489 pages. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .