Writings Definitive Edition by Twain Mark (8 results)

Set Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. SIGNED. 35 volumes. 8vo. SIGNED edition. SIGNED by Mark Twain with his pen name and as Samuel Clemens, it is also SIGNED by the publisher. Deckled edges. Darkening to spines of all volumes. Fading and wear to spine labels. Edgewear throughout volumes. Slight fraying and bumping to upper spine ends of volumes. Light fraying and rubbing to bottom spine ends. Rubbing and fading to covers. Slight silverfishing to front cover of vol. 1 at joint. Small chip to upper front forecorner with scraping to rear forecorners of vol. 1. Slight loosening to spine of vol. 1. Small abrasions to spine label of vol. 2. Small abrasion to rear top edge of vol. 2 with scraping to upper forecorners. Light staining to front cover at top edge and near foredge with stains to rear cover at top edge and at joint of vol. 2. Scraping and rubbing to spine label of vol. 3. Marks to front cover of vol. 3. Scraping and light bumping to upper forecorners of vol. 3 with small abrasion to rear lower edge. Scraping to forecorners of vol. 4. Fading to spine label of vol. 4. Loosening to spine of vol. 4. Heavy rubbing to spine label of vol. 5. Slight loosening to spine of vol. 5. Small mark to rear cover of vol. 5 at bottom edge. Abrasion to rear foredge of vol. 6 with scraping and slight bumping to front forecorners and to lower rear forecorner. Heavier wear to spine label, with long abrasions and tear starting at bottom edge of spine label. Loosning to spine of vol. 6. Fading and scraping to spine label of vol. 7. Small scrapes to upper forecorners with large scrape to lower rear forecorner. Marks to rear cover and to front top edge of vol. 7. Loosening to spine of vol. 8. Scraping and rubbing to spine label of vol. 9. Small scrapes to forecorners of vol. 9. Spine label of vol. 10 becoming unglued at bottom edge. Scraping to rear forecornes of vol. 10. Scraping to front forecorners of vol. 11. Small marks to front cover of vol. 11. Loosening to spine of vol. 11. Scraping and slight bumping to forecorners of vol. 12. Loosening to spine of vol. 12. Heavier fading to spine label of volumes 12 and 13. Light marks to covers of vol. 14. Tears to spine label of vol. 15, spine label becoming unglued and detaching from spine. Tear to rear lower foredge of vol. 15 with scraping to front forecorners. Scrape to upper rear forecorner of vol. 17. Scraping to forecorners of vol. 18. Scrapes to upper foreconers of vol. 19. Abrasions and rubbing to rear cover of vol. 19. Small scrapes to forecorners of vol. 20. Scrapes to front forecornes and lower rear forecorner of vol. 21. Light scrapes to spine label of vol. 22. Abrasions to spine label of vol. 23. Loosening to spine of vol. 23. Scraping to forecorners of vol. 24. Scraping and slight bumping to forecorners of vol. 5. Scrape to upper rear forecorner of vol. 26. Loosening to spine of vol. 27. Scraping to lower forecorners of vol. 27. Abrasions to forecorners of vol. 28. Heavier rubbing to spine label of vol. 28. Sraping to lower forecorners of vol. 29. Mark to front cover of vol. 30. Scraping to upper forecorner of vol. 31. Spine label becoming detached from spine of vol. 31. Loosening to spine of vol. 31. Loosening to spine of vol. 33. Scrape to front upper forecorner and lower rear forecorner of vol. 33. Small abrasions to forecorners of vol. 34. Scraping and slight bumping to forecorners of vol. 35. Uncut leaves throughout volumes. Slight overopening to middle hinges of vol. 2. Upper hinges are tender of vol. 1. Cracking to hinge at pg. 116 of vol. 4. Stains to pgs. 51-73 of vol. 5. Slight cracking to hinges throughout vol. 5. Overopening thorughout vol. 6. Hinges are tender of vol. 7, slight cracking to upper hinges thoughout. Hinges are tender of vol. 8. Overopening to hinges underneath pasted pages of vol. 9. Hinges are tender of vol. 19. Tear to pg. 158 of vol. 21. Slight overopening thorughout vol. 22. Slight overopening throughout vol. 24. Slight overopening to middle hinges of vol. 25, hinges seem tender to overopening. Cracking to hinge at half-title of vol. 26. Slight cracking to hinge at pg. 56 of vol. 27 Slight overopening thorughout vol. 28. Cracking to hinge at half t.p. of vol. 33. Offsetting to t.p. of vol. 35. VG. THE SET: Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Complete set of this best edition of the works of Mark Twain in 37 Volumes, published. 1922-25. Books are bound in the publishers half cloth with paper spine labels. Bindings are sound but labels are faded. Signed by Mark Twain in volume one and also by the publishers. A very nice set of this highly collectible item. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This definitive edition consists of 1024 sets, the first volume of each bearing the original autograph signature of Mark Twain. This copy no.381. At flyleaf: ". signed by Mark Twain in 1906 in anticipation of the present definitive edition of his works." with the signature by Albert Bigelow Paine and the next tipped-in plate is signed by "SL. Clemens / Mark Twain. Vols.1-29 are Mark Twain's works, vols.30-33: Mark Twain: a biography by Albert Bigelow Paine, vols.34-35: Mark Twain's letters, arranged with comment by Paine, vols.36-37: Mark Twain's autobiography with an introduction by Paine. Uniformly bound in 3/4 red morocco and pink cloth, gilt title to spine, t.e.g. With a b/w frontis.and b/w plates (except for vols.36-37) to each vol. Ex-libris.(Melville Harris) to front flyleaf of each vol. 22.8x15.5cm. Upper edge of spine of some vols.slightly chipped. Some volumes of this set has small damages. For examples; Vol.3: Upper hinges of front board slightly torn. Vol.19: Frontis.misbound to the left and right reverse. Vol.25: A small red stain on front board. The title noted on spine misspeled ("The Writings of Mark Twain Vol.XXIV", instead of "Vol.XXV"). Vol.27: Lower margin of pp.121-122 missing. Vol.30 Margin of pp.379-380 torn and repaired. (contens as follows: Vols.1-2. The innocents abroad, or, The new pilgrim's progress; Vols.3-4. Roughing it; Vols.5-6. The gilded age / by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner; Vol.7. Sketches new and old; Vol. 8. The adventures of Tom Sawyer; Vols.9-10. A tramp abroad; Vol. 11. The prince and the pauper; Vol.12. Life on the Mississippi; Vol.13. The adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Vol.14. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court; Vol.15. The American claimant, and other stories and sketches; Vol.16. Pudd'head Wilson and those extraordinary twins; Vols.17-18. Personal recollections of Joan of Arc by the Sieur Louis de Conte [her page and secretary]. Freely Translated Out of the Ancient French Into Modern English from the Original Unpublished Manuscript in the National Archives of France by Jean François Alden; Vol.19. Tom Sawyer abroad, Tom Sawyer, detective, and other stories, etc., etc.; Vols.20-21. Following the equator; Vol.22. Literary essays; Vol.23. The man that corrupted Hadleyburg, and other essays and stories; Vol.24. The $30,000 bequest, and other stories; Vol.25. Christian Science with Notes Containing Corrections to Date; Vol.26. What is man? and other essays, with an appreciation by Brander Matthews, with an introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine; Vol.27. The mysterious stranger, and other stories; Vol.28. Mark Twain's speeches, with an introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine; Vol.29. Europe and elsewhere; Vols.30-33. Mark Twain: a biography. The Personal and Literary Life of Samul Langhorne Clemens. By Albert Bigelow Paine; Vols.34-35. Mark Twain's letters, arranged with comment by Albert Bigelow Paine; Vols.36-37. Mark Twain's autobiography.) [aj1412-102535]. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The Definitive Edition of the Works of Mark Twain. Published in 37 volumes -- this set is missing volume 8 (Tom Sawyer). Blue cloth spines with paper labels. Plain paper over boards. Bindings good and tight. The blue cloth on the spine is uniformly and evenly faded towards gray, as is usual with this set. A limited edition of 1024 sets. This one is numbered 917 on the special limitation page in the first volume. Flyleaf signed by Mark Twain with both Twain and Clemens names. Special insert bound in opposite states "This fly leaf as signed by Mark Twain in 1906 in anticipation of the present Definitive Edition of his work." The note is signed by Albert Bigelow Paine (Twain's biographer). There is some light foxing on the autograph page. A few of the paper spine labels are chipped and all are faded. Please email to see a photo. The Definitive Edition has a fascinating story behind it, starting with the collector Gabriel Wells. The signed sheets in this edition had been forgotten about until their discovery in the Harper & Co vaults. Well acquired those sheets as well as the right to publish the set (for which he paid $200,000). He used the illustrations from earlier editions, evidently without permission. He also arranged to published Paine's Biography of Twain as the final 2 volumes. Those final 2 volumes are dated 1925. Volumes 9-35 are dated 1923. The first 8 volumes are 1922. Extra shipping charges will apply for the full-shelf set. [bookseller's note to himself: the signed volume is in the vault.]. Signed by Author(s).

37 volumes. Frontispieces, illustr, 9 x 6, blue cloth backed boards, vp, covers rubbed and toned, extremities bumped and fraying, spines sunned, spine labels darkened, worn, chipped and stained, volume 1 with couple spots on front cover, hinges loose, contents edge toned but still a decent, usable set of Twain's Collected Works. LIMITED TO 1024 NUMBERED SETS, VOLUME ONE IS SIGNED BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE, ALSO WITH DOUBLE SIGNATURE OF MARK TWAIN / S.L. CLEMENS.

The Definitive Edition, number 73 of 1,024 sets signed by the author as "Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain" and by his friend and biographer, Albert Bigelow Paine. This luxuriously bound set additionally has one manuscript leaf from The Gilded Age (1873) and a signed autograph letter addressed to Clemens's publishers tipped into the front of Volume I. The manuscript leaf is from the final part of Chapter 10. The letter is dated 21 August 1897 and written at Weggis, the Swiss village where Clemens spent this summer. It is addressed to "C & W", likely Chatto and Windus, and discusses a set of proofs, referring to a passage describing "the voyage in India all the way to Africa". He asks "has Bliss settled on a day for you to issue in England & if so, what is it?". The narrative he mentions appears to relate to Following the Equator, which was published as More Tramps Abroad in Britain on 25 November of that year. The autographed blank bound into the front of Volume I was signed by Clemens "in 1906 in anticipation of the present Definitive Edition of his works", as specified on the page opposite, which was signed by Paine. These autograph leaves had been recently discovered in Harper's vaults. The rare book seller Gabriel Wells purchased the rights from Collier and Son to a 35-volume set of Twain's works for $200,000. His deluxe edition utilizes many of the original illustrations and engraved portrait frontispieces of Mark Twain that had been used in the 1899 autographed edition, although the artists were not credited. The edition is printed on Old Enfold paper by Plimpton Press of Norwood, Massachusetts, with a circular "Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens" watermark. In 1925, Paine's two-volume Autobiography of Mark Twain was added to the set, bringing the total to 37 volumes. This made it the most extensive uniform edition of Twain's works ever produced. BAL 3691. 37 vols, octavo. Portrait frontispieces to each vol. and plates throughout with tissue guards captioned in red, occasional illustrations to text, title pages printed in red and black. Publisher's deluxe green crushed morocco, spines lettered in gilt, gilt tolling to compartments and outer boards enclosing gilt central floral design with red morocco onlay petals, doublures with many gilt rolls to wide green morocco turn-ins enclosing purple morocco central panel framed with richly gilt floral design, cream moiré silk flyleaves, top edges gilt, fore and bottom edges uncut, white bookmarker. Ownership inscription dated 1928 to verso of front free endpapers. Sunning to spines and occasionally to sides, corners a little bumped, silk endpapers lightly foxed, inner hinges cracked in a several vols but firm. A handsome set.

The Definitive Edition, number 128 of 1,024 numbered sets signed by the author on the front blank as "Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain", and with the limitation leaf additionally signed by Twain's friend and biographer Albert Bigelow Paine. A very handsome set of the most complete of all the collected editions of Twain's works, here bound by the leading American bookbinder Stikeman of New York. The edition includes an autographed flyleaf in Mark Twain's hand from stock then recently discovered in the Harper and Brothers vaults, putting it in that somewhat rarified category of posthumously signed limited editions, something that would no doubt have amused the author himself. The rare book seller Gabriel Wells purchased the rights from Collier and Son to a 35-volume set of Mark Twain's works for $200,000. The story behind the rediscovery of the autographed sheets is unclear, but Mark Twain's biographer Albert Bigelow Paine stated that Mark Twain had signed the sheets in 1906 in anticipation of a new uniform edition of his works. The Definitive Edition utilizes many of the original illustrations and engraved portrait frontispieces of Mark Twain that had been used in the 1899 autographed edition, although the artists received no official credit or acknowledgements. The edition is printed on Old Enfold paper by Plimpton Press of Norwood, Massachusetts, with a circular "Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens" watermark. Three years later, in 1925, Albert Bigelow Paine's 2-volume edition of Mark Twain's Autobiography was added to the set, bringing the total number of volumes to 37, making it the edition with the largest number of titles ever produced for a uniform set of Mark Twain's works. BAL 3691. 37 vols, octavo (218 x 144 mm). Portrait frontispiece by W. H. Bicknell to vol. I, and plates by P. Newell throughout. Contemporary blue half morocco by Stikeman of New York, spines lettered in gilt, blue watered silk sides, blue endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Extremities expertly and discreetly restored in places, contents clean, fresh, and partially unopened; a very handsome set.

Condition: Fine. Size: 22.8x15.5cm. Number of books: 37 volumes.