Tale of the Caliph Stork. Mark Twain, translator. Illustrated by Eleanor Simmons
Iowa City: Windhover Press, 1976. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies (this, no. 4); 8vo, pp. [30]; original terracotta cloth, printed paper label on upper cover; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. A previously unpublished translation by Clemens of a portion of a popular German story by Wilhelm Hauff. With an Afterword by Paul Baender. Berger, Printing and the Mind of Merker, 65: "This was an unpublished Mark Twain fragment which the Twain estate allowed me to print in 100 copies if I wouldn't sell it ... The flyer accompanying the book (not present) explains that the volume was an 'almost-free gift' for standing order customers who were asked to pay $5 to cover binding and shipping." Item #61674
Price: $650.00
