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Original cloth, green. Condition: Near fine. First. A near fine first edition, first issue, with the earliest issue points for a cloth-bound edition (green cloth). Including the table cloth visible on the frontispiece, and all typographical errors. Date of March 3, 1885, stamped on the front free endpaper, indicating this was a very early copy.
Published by Charles L. Webster and Company, New York, 1885
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Association Member: SNEAB
First Edition
Superbly bound in finely woven green cloth and stamped brightly in gold and black on the front boards and on the spine. A remarkably fresh-looking copy in gleaming green woven cloth with some professional restoration to the extremities, especially to the corners and the top and bottom of the spine ends which have been professional treated to match exactly the color of the boards. Very clean and tight throughout. With the following first issue points: 1)"Him and Another Man" illustration listed at p. 88 later changed to "87".2) Misprint "with the was" on page 57 later corrected to "with the saw". 3) Misprint "Decided" on page 9 later changed to "Decides" . 4) The second "5" on p. 155 is in a slightly different font. 5) With the letter "L" missing from "Col" on p 143. 6) With the scarf on the table beneath the marble bust of Twain and with the slug of "Heliotype Printing Co." and "Boston and New York" at the bottom of the page. Note: Bottom corner of p. 157 has been torn off. There are also a few lightly creased top corners caused by dog-earring and an occasional touch of foxing. Otherwise, very good plus condition in a gorgeous binding. With a matching green slipcase. As Ernest Hemingway proclaimed: "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since." Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(or, in more recent editions,The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) is a novel byMark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among theGreat American Novels, the work is among the first in majorAmerican literatureto be written throughout invernacularEnglish, characterized bylocal color regionalism. It is told in thefirst personbyHuckleberry "Huck" Finn, the narrator of two other Twain novels (Tom Sawyer AbroadandTom Sawyer, Detective) and a friend ofTom Sawyer. It is a direct sequel toThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along theMississippi River. Set in aSouthernantebellumsociety that had ceased to exist about 20 years before the work was published,Adventures of Huckleberry Finnis an often scathingsatireon entrenched attitudes, particularly racism. Perennially popular with readers,Adventures of Huckleberry Finnhas also been the continued object of study by literary critics since its publication. The book was widely criticized upon release because of its extensive use of coarse language. Throughout the 20th century, and despite arguments that the protagonist and the tenor of the book are anti-racist,[2][3]criticism of the book continued due to both its perceived use of racial stereotypes and its frequent use of the racial slur "nigger". (Wikipedia) First Edition with 1884 copyright date as correct.
Published by American Publishing Company, Hartford, 1876
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition, first printing, mixed state of the apotheosis of American boyhood. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth, gilt topstain. In near fine condition with half-title and frontispiece on the same leaf, with 1875 on the copyright page and 1876 on the title page, and with the 10-point type to the word "THE" on the half-title page, four page publishers advertisements at end. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell chemise and box. Popular and controversial at the time of publication in 1876, Mark Twainâ s masterpiece The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has been adapted into dozens of film, television and theatrical productions. The quintessential tale of American boyhood established one of the most memorable characters in American literature who appeared in three later sequels including Twainâ s other most notable work, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. â The first novel Mark Twain wrote without a co-author, Tom Sawyer is also his most clearly autobiographical novel enlivened by extraordinary and melodramatic events, it is otherwise a realistic depiction of the experiences, people and places that Mark Twain knew as a childâ (Rasmussen, 459).
Published by Charles L. Webster & Company, 1895
Seller: Virginia Books & More, Spotsylvania, VA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is a very good copy from the first state of the first edition including: A) Frontispiece photo of Twain bust by Karl Gearhardt with cloth visible at base. B) "Heliotrope Printing Co." C) Table of contents lists summary of chapter VI with "Huck Decided" rather than "Huck Decides." D) The list of illustrations on page 13 lists "Him and Another Man" on page 88 rather than page 87. E) Page 57 includes "with the was" rather than "with the saw." F) Page 155 lacks second "5" in the page number. G) The first sentence on page 143 lacks the last letter in "Col." There's a repaired tear of the cloth on the top of the spine, plus some mild to moderate rubbing along the edges. The front free flyleaf has remnants of erased cursive writing and evidence of a removed rectangular bookstore sticker. The binding is tight and completely intact, most pages are clean with minor soiling on few. Please see my attached photos. Additional photos available on request.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition.
Published by C.H. Webb, New York, 1867
Seller: Tschanz Rare Books, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. 198pp. Duodecimo [17.5] Beveled brown boards with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. A jumping frog is gilt stamped on the front board and blind stamped on the rear board. Contemporary inscription on the tipped in front free endsheet with advertisement on the verso. Discreetly rebacked with the original backstrip laid over. First edition with unbroken type on pages 21, 61 and 198 and the inserted advertisement at the front. Perhaps no short sketch of Twain's so quickly won wide popularity as did 'The Jumping Frog.' Calaveras County, California, is known to thousands who have never seen the Golden State simply because of this gem of humor. This little volume, the author's first published book, came into being under the sponsorship of Charles Henry Webb - who also edited it under his pseudonym of 'John Paul.' To accompany 'The Jumping Frog' he chose twenty-six other sketches. Zamorano Eighty: 17. Wheat Books 43. Cowan p.49. BAL 3310.
Published by New York: C.H. Webb, 1867, 1867
Seller: James Arsenault & Company, ABAA, Arrowsic, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
CONDITION: Good, re-backed with original spine laid down, loss to head and foot of original spine, 1960s gift inscription in ink on preliminary leaf. First edition, first printing. With the uncommon placement of the gilt frog in the center of the front cover, not the lower left corner. BAL 3310.
Published by American Publishing Company, Hartford, Connecticut, 1869
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in boards. Owner hole punched stamp on title page, small printed stamp on CP. Bottom corners bumped. Rare First edition, with the following first issue points: 1869 date on both the title and copyright page, a double frontispiece; the last entry of the table of contents reads "Thankless Devotion - A Newspaper Valedictory" at page xviii; "Chapter XLI" on page 643; text ends on page 651; 4 pages of ads at the end. Page numbers present in the table of contents at pages xvii-xviii; & the illustration present on page 129.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1905
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Signed
Uniform edition of the authorâ s second book, one of the best-selling travel books of all-time. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, engraved frontispiece and photographic portrait with facsimile signature. Signed by the author "Truly yours Mark Twain" to the front pastedown. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box.
Published by American Publishing Company, 1876
Seller: Trilby & Co. Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, Second issue with illustration on verso of half title and pages IX, X, & XII instead labeled XII, XIII, & XVI. Laid in is a card inscribed "Truly Yours", and SIGNED "Mark Twain". The card is of heavy stock and was previously attached to another sheet of paper, the remains of which are on the verso. A glue stain is present on the bottom edge of the card and very minute amounts of foxing are present on card face. The original cloth covers of the book have had the corners professionally touched up and the original spine is professionally refurbished although still age darkened with the gilt considerably less bright than the front panel. There is an ink name on the front endpaper, the hinges have been stabilized with Japanese paper, and the first contents page has a short tear near the gutter. The pages have light age toning, there is some soiling on the rear pastedown and endpaper, the front endpaper has two small tears and a tiny chip, and there is off setting on the second and third front endpapers from a prior occupant and which bleeds through faintly to the illustration and title page. The binding is still quite solid. Signed.
Published by The American Publishing Company, Hartford, 1871
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Near Fine. First editions. First edition, first issue with all first issue points called for by BAL 3316. Missing page numbers in the Table of Contents on pages xvii-xviii; Last entry reads "Thankful Devotion-A Newspaper Valedictory"; No illustration on p. 129; P. 643 shows "Chapter XLI"; Text ends on p. 651 followed by five Pages of ads with "Personal History" on p. 654. A Near Fine copy. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt on spine. Front board stamped in gilt and ruled in blind. Back board stamped in blind. Brown coated endpapers. All edges speckled brown. Bottom corners rubbed. Top of spine with a small amount of fraying. Overall, a very bright, clean copy with no rubbing to gilt and better than usually encountered. Publisher's prospectus also Near Fine. Full black cloth. Front board stamped in gilt and ruled in blind. Back board stamped in blind. Brown coated endpapers. Fold-out Bible advertisement with a large closed tear, professionally repaired. A bit of rubbing and soiling to binding. Some dampstaining along outer edges of second frontispiece and final two leaves. Two pages of order sheets with pencil and ink orders. Both volumes chemised and housed together in a double, quarter morocco slipcase. Previous owner's bookplate on chemise of each volume. A common enough book, but quite scarce in this condition. The last truly Fine copy brought $10,000 at auction (Sotheby's Library of an English Bibliophile Part II, 2011). Twain's second book after Jumping Frog, a humorous narrative of his travels through Europe and Israel with a group of American tourists on board a retired Civil War vessel. The author's most popular book during his lifetime, outselling what modern scholars consider his major literary works Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. BAL 3316. Johnson, Twain, p. 9. Near Fine.
Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1912
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "Mark Twain a Biography" by Albert Bigelow Paine. Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1912. In three volumes. First editions, with Published September, 1912 and with codes H-M, I-M and I-M respectively to each volume. Volumes I & II are each signed by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) on an affixed bookplate, and Volume III is signed by the author Albert Bigelow Paine on the supplied bookplate as well. The bookplates are that of Charles Dexter Allen - a prominent bookplate collector who was known for his writings on the topic. The books are in very good plus condition, with minor wear and staining to the original red cloth boards, and with sun-fading to the spines. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (K9-4).
Published by C. H. Webb, New York, 1867
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches". Published by C. H. Webb in 1867. Measures 7" x 4-½". First edition, first state, with the single-leaf advertisement inserted at the title page; With the 'e' unbroken in the word 'life' on the last line of page 66; And the 'i' unbroken in 'this' on the last line of page 198 (BAL 3310). Mark Twain, with his account of the jumping frog, produced the most famous tale in California history. This little gem of humor that introduced Mark Twain's first book gave him international prominence. As his publisher, Charles Henry Webb, noted, "By his story of the Frog, he scaled the heights of popularity at a single jump." A good only copy in the publisher's original plum colored cloth, with moderate general wear. Board cloth is blotchy where rubbed, with small chips missing from the spine ends and extremities. Light foxing throughout, with heavier foxing at the front and rear blank pages. Rare, one of only 1,000 copies printed. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.
Published by A. Roman & Company; John H. Carmany & Company [et al.], San Francisco, 1931
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Magazine. 93 bound volumes and 40 single issues in wrappers. Octavos and folios. A long run of *Overland Monthly*, California's most important literary magazine of the 19th and early 20th Century. The set includes a near complete run of the original series from July 1868 until December 1875 (lacking only the January 1870 issue, else complete); and a long, near complete run of the second series from 1883 (when it resumed publication) through 1931. In 1923 it merged with Out West to become *Overland Monthly and the Out West Magazine*, and changed its format from octavo to folio. Founded and first edited by Bret Harte, *Overland Monthly* established serious literature and progressive social criticism in the American Far West. It quickly won national and international acclaim as a leading literary force in American letters. Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, and Harte contributed sardonic stories and verse, and all manner of informal, highly personal commentary which propelled Harte and the magazine to literary celebrity. The magazine gave rise to a new generation of writers, loosely known as the West Coast Romantics, that included Bierce and Harte, John Muir, Willa Cather, Joaquin Miller, Jack London, George Sterling, and fantasy/science fiction writer Clark Ashton Smith, all of whom contributed to the magazine. Among the many important works featured in this long run is Harte's "The Luck of Roaring Camp," "Dickens in Camp," and "Plain Language from Truthful James," and Bierce's "The Haunted Valley" and "Grizzly Papers," (in five installments). Mark Twain contributed his famous travel log in four installments: "By Rail Through France," and "A Californian Abroad: A Few Parisian Sights; Three Italian Cities; A Mediaeval Romance." Willa Cather's short story "On the Divide" appeared in 1896. Most volumes are bound in full beige or blue cloth. The original series lacks one monthly issue (January 1870), otherwise it is complete in 14 bound volumes (volumes 1-3, and 5-15), with four unbound issues in wraps (February-May, 1870). Volume 3 from 1869 has the original wrappers and supplements bound in. Volumes 1-6 of the second series is incomplete, consisting of 11 unbound single issues in wraps from 1883-1885: (April 1883; January, April, July, August, September, October, and November 1884; January, March, May 1885), then follows a consecutive run of mostly bound volumes 7-89 from 1886-1931 (with 29 single issues from 1921-22 in wrappers). The bound volumes from 1901-1931 have the original wrappers bound in. An ex-library set with bookplates or ink stamps on the front pastedowns. Only two volumes in half calf (from 1895 and 1897) are scuffed and worn, thus good only, about ten volumes and a few single issues in wraps from the 20th Century have some intermittent torn leaves, the volume containing the "San Francisco Fire Number" (May 1906) is split at the gutter with detached leaves, else overall an about very good set. A scarce, large assemblage of many first appearances of important American literary works and articles. A list of notable selections is available.
Published by Charles L. Webster and Company, New York, 1885
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
366 pp. 8vo, publisher's decorated green cloth. First edition; first printing with the following points: p. 13 in first state; p. 57 in first state; p. 155 in first state; title page a cancel; p. 283 integral; frontispiece in second state; p. 283 in State C. BAL 3415 Foxing to fore-edge and preliminaries; some moderate use to cloth at the top and bottom of the spine; a very good copy with the gold decoration in attractive condition. Laid in is a 12mo leaf, signed "Truly Yours / Mark Twain [paraph]".
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First US edition. All cloth. All first issue points present. "Him and another man" p. 57, line 23. Page "15" not "155". "Deaded". "Co" not "Col". Very good condition. Paper tape along front and rear gutters as well along right edge of 2nd front free endpaper and half-title page. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper; two front free endpapers attached to half-title page with paper tape along left inside of pages. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.
Published by Charles L. Webster And Company 1884/85, 1884
Seller: Boomer's Books, Weare, NH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition; First Printing. A professionally restored and rebound First American Edition from the very limited sheep skin covered first print run. This copy, meticulously rebound in a copy of the original boards (also included as verification of the book's original state), with finish matching the original and with red and black morocco spinal labels. Water stain to the lower inside corner along bottom edge, of the first 75 pages, about 3 inches by 1 inch at front, diminishing as pages advance. tanned page edges, no chips and not brittle. All points as for a true first edition first printing: Title-page bound in; page 57 "was for saw"; Illustration Index "him and another man" listed on page 88; page 155 lacked the final 5 of the page number which was corrected and restruck with an elevated and larger type set "5"; page 283 is bound-in, in the first state with Silas Phelps's trousers showing a definite curve; Frontis is state 2 with the imprint of Heliotype Printing, table cloth and table not visible and the artist's name on the edge of the bust; copyright page dated 1884; page 143 with "l" missing from "Col." at top of illustration and with broken "b" in "body" on line seven. This is the very rare first state of Huck Finn that is seen only in a few of the leather bound copies of the book (of which this is one) that were issued before the "pornographic" illustration on p. 283 was discovered. These leather-bounds, needless to say, are now prized collector's items"[Freedman, The First Edition of Huckleberry Finn: An Overview in Proteus, Fall, 1984].Copies of Huckleberry Finn in the original publisher s leather bindings are quite rare. "The relative rarity of the cloth and leather bindings is clear. Speculatively, shortly before publication, Webster announced that he was binding 20,000 copies in cloth, another 2,500 in sheep, and 500 copies in three-quarter leather. Copies bound in leather dried out, cracked apart, this copy being one, where the spine broke off leaving only the boards attached (again, these are included). Details and photos available upon request for serious inquiries.
Published by Charles L. Webster and Company, New York, 1885
Seller: Sandra L. Hoekstra Bookseller, Thomaston, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Full leather. Condition: Very good +. Martin Frost (illustrator). First American Edition, 3rd State. First American edition, third state. Octavo; 366pp; dark green grained calf, gilt border, 5 raised-bands and gilt-stamped spine with 4 ornaments; all edges gilt; double fore-edge paintings; marbled endpapers; original publisher's green cloth front board bound onto front pastedown; a few light finger smudges, smudges to portrait plate; very good plus. Housed in a custom made dark green cloth covered slip case, lined in a soft white felt, edged in black calf, and stamped with a gilt-ornament to the top. BAL 3415. Two elaborate and highly detailed fore-edge paintings by noted British fore-edge painter, Martin Frost (b. 1951), illustrate scenes from the novel. One pictures three riverboats on the Mississippi, the large paddle steamer in the forefront named, "Queen of the West". The other painting shows a flooded Mississippi river with a floating roof carrying seven people, being used as a raft and poled down the river, a submerged plantation house in the background. The small artist's initials "MF" appear the stylized form he was known for, in front of the large paddle wheeler in the one painting. Weber 151. One of Mark Twain's classic American novels, first published in the United Kingdom in December of 1884, and then in the United States in February 1885. The story is placed along the Mississippi River and features Southern culture. Known for his sharp wit, much of the book is satire focusing on the attitudes of society.
First Edition
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hardcover. First edition, 1876. Second printing, issue A. 8vo. 275 pages, 274 of which are numbered. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Age-toned white endpapers. All edges plain. Bound in blue decorative cloth stamped in gilt and black. No signs of previous ownership. This copy meets the specifications for the second printing, issue A: 10 and 14 point type used to print the fly title, fly title and frontis printed on the same leaf, contents pages mispaginated, four pages of publisher's advertisements dated revised December 1st, 1876. Foot of spine panel moderately worn, else a sound copy in very good condition. The donor of this book purchased it a number of years ago from Twain expert and bookseller Kevin Mac Donnell. The latter's typed notes about the book are loosely laid-in. BAL 3369.
Published by Charles L. Webster and Company, New York, 1885
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition with the early First Issue points present in the book. The book is in great shape with the spine re-backed. The publisher's green cloth is quite nice with light wear to the edges. The original endpapers have some light discoloration and some inside reinforcement. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. There is NO marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy.
Published by Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly. London. 1876, 1876
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. First impression. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.9 inches). A few small marks to just a handful of pages but generally this is a clean and bright copy throughout. Finely bound in recent full red morocco. Spine with five raised bands. Gilt ruling, lettering and decorations to compartments. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Original publishers decorative front board and spine, which is rubbed and toned, have been bound in at the rear. Overall a very good attractive copy of the true first edition of this classic book. First published in England in order to secure a British copyright, the London edition precedes the American edition by about six months.
Published by Charles L. Webster and Company, New York, 1885
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition of Twain's masterpiece, with the first state of the frontispiece portrait. Octavo, original publisher's decorated green cloth gilt to the spine and front panel. With frontispiece portrait of Twain inserted at front (with the imprint of the Heliotype Printing Co., but the cloth is not visible). This example exhibits the following issue points: title leaf is conjugate. Copyright notice dated 1884; the illustration captioned "Him and another Man" [p.13] listed as p.88 (first state); 11th line from bottom of p.57 reads ".with the was." (first state); p. 283 is an integral leaf with the corrected engraving; the final 5 in the numeration of page 155 is larger than the first and slightly below the others; leaf 23-8 is present as a blank; first state of the frontispiece portrait (imprint of Heliotype with tablecloth visible). In near fine condition with light toning to the extremities. A very bright example. Twain initially conceived of the work as a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer that would follow Huckleberry Finn through adulthood. Beginning with a few pages he had removed from the earlier novel, Twain began work on a manuscript he originally titled Huckleberry Finn's Autobiography. Twain worked on the manuscript off and on for the next several years, ultimately abandoning his original plan of following Huck's development into adulthood. He appeared to have lost interest in the manuscript while it was in progress, and set it aside for several years. After making a trip down the Hudson River, Twain returned to his work on the novel. Upon completion, the novel's title closely paralleled its predecessor's: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). Twain composed the story in pen on notepaper between 1876 and 1883. Paul Needham, stated, "What you see is [Clemens'] attempt to move away from pure literary writing to dialect writing." For example, Twain revised the opening line of Huck Finn three times. He initially wrote, "You will not know about me", which he changed to, "You do not know about me", before settling on the final version, "You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'; but that ain't no matter." The revisions also show how Twain reworked his material to strengthen the characters of Huck and Jim, as well as his sensitivity to the then-current debate over literacy and voting. Ernest Hemingway once declared about The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, "All modern literature comes from one book by Mark Twain. Itâ s the best book weâ ve had. All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing since.".
Published by American Publishing Company, 1875
Seller: Peasant Birch Booksellers, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Blue cloth gilt decorated binding. light top and bottom spine edge wear. lightly rubbed cover corner tips.
Published by The American Publishing Company, 1875
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The American Publishing Company, Hartford, Connecticut, 1875. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful bright lapis blue cloth copy decorated in black and bright gold gilt of this TRUE FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING with the erratum and misplaced footnote on page 120 and with "From Hospital Days" on page 299. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition.
Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1876
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing with 1876 date printed on the title page. A beautiful copy bound in brown leather with raised bands and gold lettering. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition.
Published by Hartford (CT), American Publishing Company,, 1899
Seller: Neverland Books, Waalre, Netherlands
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. "The Writings of Mark Twain" by Mark Twain. Hartford (CT), American Publishing Company, 1899-1907 limited edition of one of 512 copies from the "Autograph edition", signed by the author on limitation page to vol. 1. Complete in 25 volumes. Very good set, portrait frontispieces and additional titles, contemporary olive half morocco, spines gilt, variously discoloured, spines uniformly so, vol. 1 rebacked preserving original spine, vol. 2 spine head torn, a few other joints cracking, corners scuffed, t.e.g., others uncut.
Published by C.H. Webb, 1867
Seller: RJC_Firstedition, Mountain Home, ID, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition Mark Twain, The Celebrated Jumping Frog. His first ever published stories.
Published by Charles L. Webster and Company, New York, 1885
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Near fine. First edition, first issue of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain. (illustrator). First Edition, First Issue. Octavo, 366pp. Publisher's green cloth with title in gilt on spine, decorative gilt and black illustrations on cover. Includes 174 illustrations by E.W. Kemble. Bright gilt on front cover, faint rubbing to spine. Light wear to tips of spine. Solid text block, free of archival repairs or conservation work. Internally fine. Contains the following first issue points, including a publication date of 1885 on title page, with 1884 on copyright page, "Huck Decided to Leave" on page 9, illustration "Him and another Man" incorrectly listed as page "88" on page 13, misprint "was" for "saw" on page 57, on page 155 the last "5" in page number is missing, the "l" is missing from "Col." on page 143, no signature "11" on page 161 and page 283 being a cancel. The heliotype slug appears on the Twain bust. (BAL 3415) (McBride 92) An exceptional copy.
Published by The American Publishing Company, Hartford, CT, 1876
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, Second Printing. First edition, second printing, BAL issue A, printed on laid paper. Bound in publisher's blue cloth decorated in black and gilt; all edges gilt. Contents on verso of preface, with the following mispagination present: p. [IX] mispaged XII; p. [X] mispaged XIII; p. [XII] mispaged XVI. Near Fine with light fraying to cloth at corner and spine ends, spine darkened. Front and rear inner hinges slightly exposed, owner name and small bookplate to front endsheet. Pages toned. A fantastic copy of the classic American novel, housed in a custom half-leather slipcase, with leather dried and lacking some chips and cloth lifted along bottom edge. BAL 3369.
Original photograph of Mark Twain by A. F. Bradley, signed with a note, "Yrs truly Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain", framed beneath original photograph. The silver gelatin print is a seated portrait of Twain, stamped "Pach Bros. NY" lower right. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures â To understand America, read Mark Twain. No matter what new craziness pops up in America, I find it described beforehand by him He was never innocent, at home or abroadâ (Garry Wills). Often referred to as â the father of American literatureâ , Samuel Langhorne Clemens, or Mark Twain as the world now knows him, published a large body of work including several works of both fiction and non-fiction in addition to a vast number of short stories and essays. His best-known works include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurâ s Court.