Creator
Mark Twain
Title
Mark Twain’s Sketches
Coverage
London
Publisher
George Routledge & Sons
Date
1872
Subject
Copyright edition
Description
Twain edited the amusing sketches in these collections to soften the language from their original American serial publication so that they would be more suitable for British audiences. Labeled “Copyright edition,” this volume was produced specifically to secure Clemens’s copyright over the material it contained. This utilitarian aim explains its cheap production, evidenced by the poor condition of most surviving copies.