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Published by The Heritage Press, Norwalk, CT, 1962
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Introduction by Edward Wagenknecht. Illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial giltstamping, slipcase. xii, 499pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Spine lightly sunned, else tight and internally fine. Tight and handsome copy of this smaller, mass-produced version of the Limited Editions Club publication -- known as the "poor man's LEC" -- but with interesting autograph additions. In 1983 the PBS series "Great Performances" aired a television version of "Innocents Abroad," and this copy bears on front flyleaf two fine, matching heavy stock 5" X 3" cards boldly signed by its stars: At top is CRAIG WASSON (born 1954), who signs in purple fineline and dates it 11 December 1984, and below this BROOKE ADAMS (born 1949) signs in blue ballpoint and dates it 5 May 1980 at upper right. Laid in are both original transmittal envelopes and the appropriate "Sandglass" issue. Quite an unusual copy!.
Published by Limited Editions Club, 1962
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Copy 1281/1500 signed by illustrator Fritz Kredel. FINE fresh copy bound in publishers decorated paper coverd boards with red cloth spine titled in gilt. Publishers prospectus laid in loose. Slipcase with some sunning to spine panel. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1962
Seller: Aesthete's Eye Books, West Jordan, UT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. Condition: About fine. thick 8to. size. 1st thus, this copy #687 of a limited 1500 run. 499pp. Quarter buckram with peacock-marbled boards with black leather spine title plate stamped in gilt. Top stain in red. Designed by George Salter and printed at the Thistle Press, New York. With an introduction by Edward Wagenknecht, and illustrated copiously by Fritz Kredel with in-text color illustrations, and signed by him on the limitation page. There is a very slight separation of the title label from the spine on the lower left, but otherwise the book is fine, no flaws, tight and bright and very clean. Housed in a NF midnight blue board slipcase, slightly sunned on the spine and top, and with a previous collector's label still attached, but otherwise Fine. A handsome copy of Mark Twain's classic travelogue. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1962
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Fritz Kredel (illustrator). Octavo (6-1/2" x 10") bound in a red linen buckram spine with a leather label stamped in pure gold leaf and boards covered with paper hand-marbled to achieve a peacock tail effect by Douglas Cockerell & Son. Printed at the Thistle Press. Copy #39 of 1500 with 61 drawings by Fritz Kredel hand-colored in the Walter Fischer Studios. SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Bookplate on front pastedown. Touch of sunning to the spine with slight wear to the label. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1962
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Fritz Kredel (illustrator). First LeC Edition. Introduction by Edward Wagenknecht for this edition. SIGNED BY THE ARTIST and printed by The Thistle Press in a LIMITED EDITION of 1500 copies. Publisher's quarter red cloth with gilt title and marbled boards in a fine paper-covered slipcase with title label. A clean, unmarked, tight copy free of bumping, soiling or fading to both book and slipcase with the Limited Editions Club newsletter laid in. Signed.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1962
Signed
( In englischer Sprache ) XVII, 499 Seiten mit zahlreichen farbigen handkolorierten Illustrationen, Ohln mit goldgeprägtem Einbandrücken, farbigem Rückenschildchen und marmorierten Buchdeckeln im OPappschuber. ( Nummeriertes Exemplar Nr. 282 einer Auflage von 1500 nummerierten Exemplaren, von Fritz Kredel handsigniert ). Der Pappschuber etwas berieben und leicht fleckig, das Rückenschildchen des Einbandes gering angeknickt, sonst guter Zustand. ( Gewicht 1500 Gramm ) ( Pic erhältlich // webimage available ).
Published by Hartford: American Publishing Company, Hartford, 1869
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition Signed
1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case for Mark Twain's Classic Travel Exploits: THE INNOCENTS ABROAD, OR THE NEW PILGRIMS' PROGRESS . A Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine. The case is finished in black Nuba® with a 'sculpted' pyramid design with gold sides. Every TBCL case can be finished in a selection of fine leathers & cloths or Nuba® or a combination of both. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. "Book definitely NOT included" When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age. The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests.Sized to fit: 9" x 6.5" x 2.25".
hardcover. Condition: near fine. deluxe. SIGNED Author's Edition de Luxe. Vol. 1 of Mark Twain's Work. This is #48 0f 620 copies of which 600 are for sale in Great Britain and its dependencies. Book near fine, slight cracking to front gutter, some front and rear pages show some foxing. Housed in custom-made slipcase.
Published by Gabriel Wells, 1922
Seller: The Lion's End, Antiquarian Books, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. This book is in good condition. There are no bookplates or markings of any kind. There is wear to the front hinge. There is some yellowing to the paper label on the spine. This is a limited edition #504 of 1024 copies signed by Mark Twain. This book was part of a set of books "The Works of Mark Twain". This is Volume I only, "The Innocents Abroad." This is the only book from the set that contains Twain's signature. The pages are clean and free of foxing. 311 pages. A very hard to find early edition of Twain's classic work. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London, 1906
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Newell, Peter S. (illustrator). First Edition. 1906 at each of the title pages. Volumes I & II of the revered Hillcrest Edition of "The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress, Being Some Account of The Steamship Quaker City's Pleasure Excursion to Europe and The Holy Land." Volume I is signed and inscribed by Mark Twain at final blank endpaper prior to frontispiece on contemporaneously set in and adhered bordered slip: "Truly yours, Mark Twain, London, June 1900". This signed slip measuring apprx. 2" x 3" is set directly adjacent to the volume's facsimile inscription: "This is the authorized Uniform Edition of all my books. Mark Twain." Volume I also contains tipped-in message written with fountain pen and is placed adjacent to first blank endpaper. Message is from noted book collector of historical provenance on personal stationery with printed letter-head and address of "24 WEST 50TH STREET". Note appears to say: "Dec. 22/15. Dear Larry, Do me the favor to accept the set of Mark Twain's. And with the set, Bigelow Paine's Life of Twain. The edition is boughten but the "Life," I have had bound myself. There is such a comfort in books! Cordially, J. Gaunt." James Gaunt was a renowned book collector, member of the Grolier Club in New York city, etc. He served as a representative of A. & F. Pears of London for twenty-five years before he retired. He died December 2, 1918 at his home, 24 West 50th Street, in his sixty-fourth year. Gaunt's father was the largest paper manufacturer of his time, and one of the principal backers of the late Cyrus Field in financing the first Atlantic cable. Maroon, tan, brown, and black marble patterned boards, red leather spine wrap with five raised bands, gilt titles in two panels, red leather corners, some edge wear, rub, corner chip. 1906 at spine heel. Matching marble patterned endpapers. Pages very good; attractive toning. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Twain humorously chronicles his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel Quaker City - formerly USS Quaker City - through Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land with a group of American travelers in 1867. It was the best selling of Twain's works during his lifetime. Whe first published, this adventure travel transformed an obscure Western journalist into a national celebrity. The Innocents Abroad was immensely successful and remains one of the most popular tales of travel ever penned. Volume I contains a prefatory twenty-seven page Biographical Criticism by Brander Matthews. An 1899 preface by Twain to the Uniform Edition and the brief original preface. Frontispiece portraits with tissue guard of Twain from 1855 and 1868. Few other illustration plates in each volume by Peter S. Newell. 377 and 446 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Signed by Author.
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 Gabriel Wells 1922-27, New York, 1922
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Signed
The Definitive edition, one of 1024 numbered sets, with volume one signed by Mark Twain and Albert Bigelow Paine. The publisher states that Twain intended a definitive edition and signed 1024 single leaves in 1906 in anticipation of this edition. Octavo, 37 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine over marbled boards, each volume illustrated with frontispiece and plates. In very good condition. "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 abroad" (Garry Wills). "High and fine literature is wine," Twain once wrote, "and mine is only water; but everybody likes water." This beautiful edition of Twain's complete novels, essays and sketches attests to the enduring popularity and power of his worksâ "many of which, despite their author's protestation to the contrary, have come to be regarded as among the finest vintage American literature offers. Among other classics, the set includes A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Life on the Mississippi, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
Published by American Publishing Company, Hartford, 1874
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition, second issue of the authorâ s second book, one of the best-selling travel books of all-time. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, with two hundred and thirty-four illustrations. Association copy, inscribed by Mark Twain on the fly-leaf, "To Mrs. P. T. Barnum from Yours Truly Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain Oct 1875." The recipient, Nancy Fish, was the second wife of American showman P. T. Barnum. Twain and Barnum were, by various accounts, friends, mutual admirers and rivals. After visiting Barnum's American Business Museum in New York City as a teenager, Twain criticized it as "one vast peanut stand" yet upon the opening of Barnum's Hippodrome in 1875, he remarked, â I hardly know which to wonder at mostâ "its stupendousness, or the pluck of the man who has dared to venture upon so vast an enterprise. I mean to come to see the show,â " but to me you are the biggest marvel connected with it.â He alluded to Barnum frequently in both his published works and private correspondence, and although he received many invitations from Barnum to dine in New York, he always declined. Barnum even proposed that the two collaborate on an anthology of "queer literature" based on letters he received from strangers hoping to join his circus, but Twain expressed little interest in the project. In 1867, Twain published â Barnumâ s First Speech in Congressâ , a satire of Reconstruction politics that painted Barnum as a ruthless exploiter of the performers he employed. Twain referred to the work as a â spiritual telegraphâ delivered â to [him] in advance from the spirit worldâ and was certain that Barnum would never be elected to high office. Barnum was married to Charity Hallett from 1829 until her death in 1873, and they had four children. In 1874, a few months after his wife's death, he married Nancy Fish, his friend's daughter who was 40 years his junior. They were married until 1891 when Barnum died of a stroke at his home. He was buried in Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, which he designed himself. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An outstanding association copy.