A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Overview:

• Title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
• Author: Mark Twain
• Year: 1889
• Publisher: Charles L. Webster and Co.
• Pages: xv+575
• Binding: Hardcover
• Type: Novel
• Title Reference: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
• Notes:
  • 1st ed.
  • Front cover title "A Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (see image, confirmed by OCLC 1072888), but title page gives "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
  • {{OCLC|1072888}} describes two states -- credits illus. "after Daniel Beard" -- "xv, [1], 17-575, [3] p."
  • {{LCCN|03-19531}} describes two states
  • {{LCCN|67-351}} (Ann Arbor, University Microfilms, 1966) credits illus. Daniel Carter Beard
  • Publ date per brief review with several excerpts Hartford Courant 1889-12-09 p3, "To be published ... Dec. 12." (no price)
  • Excerpted late 1889 in many newspapers, some with capsule review; see also The Century 1889-11 excerpt edited by Twain, title 89606
  • Reviewed SF Chronicle 1889-12-22 p7 "with all the advantages of illustrations" (not credited; no price) Reviewed The Sun (Baltimore) 1889-12-30 p2 (no price)
  • Webster was a subscription publisher created by Twain; some 1889/90 advertisement apparently recruit agents to sell this book
  • HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of 1891 printing with identical front cover, publisher, and page-count: "List of Illustrations", p.ix-xiv, lists initial letters, head- and tailpieces, and other small illustrations, as well as full-page b/w plates that are included in the pagination (more of full-page plates than the 24 in some later publications); uncredited, many legibly signed "Dan Beard". Library of Congress report of the 1889 Chatto & Windus 1st UK ed. -- "with 220 illustrations by Dan. Beard.", probably quoting the title page, {{OCLC|36014848}}-- evidently fits this edition.
  • Cover illustration is by Beard, comparison shows.