The Prince and the Pauper [SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR]

Twain, Mark; Edward Wagenknecht (introduction); Clarke Hutton (illustrator). The Prince and the Pauper [SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR]. Westerham, England: Limited Editions Club, 1964. First edition thus. Large octavo (10-1/2″ x 7-1/2″). 221, (3)pp. Royal blue velvet spine with gold paper label, over gray buckram. Housed in publisher’s slightly age toned off-white cardboard slipcase with blue spine label. Illustrated with 12 unnumbered color plates, numerous red text drawings, and a tipped-in antiqued facsimile letter announcing the birth of the Prince of Wales (afterward Edward VI). Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), signed on the limitation leaf by the illustrator Clarke Hutton. near fine. Hardcover. (50615) $65