1889 – A Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Mark Twain | First British Edition

A first UK edition printing of the famous Mark Twain novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. This story follows a Yankee engineer from Connecticut who is accidentally transported back in time to the court of King Arthur, where he fools the inhabitants of that time into thinking he is a magician!

This edition features a slightly altered title from the original American edition, A Yankee in the Court of King Arthur. This work was also the first Twain novel to feature the artwork of Dan Beard.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur
• Author(s): Mark Twain
• Illustrator(s): Dan Beard
• Publisher: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, London
• Edition: First UK Edition, 1889
• Binding: Hardcover
• Format: (8vo), single volume
• Size:  7.5 in x 5.25 in (19.1 cm x 13.3 cm)
• Collation: 525 p., [32]
• Illustrations: 220 illustrations
• Contents Include:
  • Complete text
  • Illustrated throughout
• Reference(s): BAL 3429

Condition:

Good. Original publisher’s cloth binding secure; spine gilt titling clear with mild wear to extremities. Boards show light rubbing typical of age. Pages remain clean with occasional mild foxing to preliminaries. All illustrations present and bright.

Why Collect This?

• First UK edition of one of Mark Twain’s most inventive novels
• Illustrated throughout by Dan Beard with 220 original engravings

Item Number: # 29666