Pudd'nhead Wilson
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1974.
First Easton Press Edition. Bound in brown leather with gold tooling across a repeating geometric cover and hubbed spine. All edges gilt, moiré fabric endsheets, and integrated satin ribbon bookmark. Mint copy, still sealed in shrinkwrap.
Mark Twain's biting social satire and courtroom drama. Set in the antebellum town of Dawson's Landing, the plot revolves around two babies swapped at birth exploring the arbitrary and tragic fallacies of racial designation. Featuring the detective David "Pudd'nhead" Wilson and his pioneer use of fingerprint identification, the narrative stands as one of the most honest and darkly comic critiques of American racial hypocrisy.
Price: $75.00