Writings Mark Twain, Signed (14 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 450 pages; Large format paperback in glossy illustrated covers. Tightly bound and neat. Just mild shelf/handling wear to covers at edges and trace foxing to text block edges. Inscribed and signed by the editor to the title page. Solid copy with unmarkled text. VG++; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed by the author, with a dedication, to a label pasted to the front paste-down. Slight creases to some pages, VG in VG DJ, not price-clipped. A heavy book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. As one early seller promised of this set: "The original, autographed and strictly limited edition of the works of Samuel L. Clemens complete in twenty five volumes. This edition was published at enormous expense, printed on hand made paper water marked. Each set is signed by Clemens, Charles W. Warner, Brander Matthews and the signatures of at least seventeen artists appear in the various volumes. Many so called "autographed editions" have been issued since this particular set was published, but none of them compare with this edition that was really the work of Samuel L. Clemens and published under his personal supervision". (John J. Newbegin). The lavishly produced 'Autograph Edition', in three-quarter morocco and gilt tops. The first 23 volumes were printed on special paper with a 'Clemens' watermark. All 25 volumes have the limitation page with number 374 in red ink, their frontispieces (depicting Twain at the time each work was first published), engraved Tiffany title pages, and illustrations with captioned tissue paper. Volume 1 has a typed description of the set quoted above on the letterhead of Newbegins Bookshop of San Francisco pasted to the endpaper, while Volume 25 has a loose leaf from Newbegins with an incomplete list of the locations of the autograph signatures. Notes on condition: Three-quarter binding with marbled boards, raised bands, lettering and ornamentation gilt, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. Spines are faded to different degrees. Occasional uncut page. Overall very good. Volume I starting joints have been professionally repaired and strengthened; Volume X, small stain to inner margin of first few pages; Volume XV, dirty fingerprint on limitation page, stain on tissue of frontispiece; Volume XVI, visible discoloration to inner margin of title page; Volume XIX, spine more worn than the others; Volume XX, dirty fingerprint on limitation page; Volume XXII, tissue to frontispiece is torn; Volume XXIII, chip to upper edge of spine; Volume XXIV, both hinges just starting. Autographs: Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, limitation page of Volume I; Brander Matthews, page xxxiii of Volume I, at the conclusion of his 'Biographical Criticism' essay; Peter Newell, p337 'The Tomb of Adam' Volume II; T. de Thulstrup, Frontispiece Volume IV; Frederick Dielman, 'Hanuman moving the mountains' Volume V; Charles Noel Flagg, Frontispiece portrait Volume VI (List of illustrations describes a different frontis?); B. West Clinedust, Frontispiece 'An inferior sort of murder' Volume VIII; E. H. Garrett, p.44 'Steamboat a-coming' Volume IX; Chas. Dudley Warner, limitation page Volume X; J.G. Brown, p.32 'Tom gave up the brush', Volume XII; Karl Gerhardt, Frontispiece image of bust, Volume XIII; Charles Noel Flagg, Frontispiece Volume XIV; E. W. Kemble, p.221 'Make the prints that will hang you', Volume XIV; F.M. Senior, p.227 'I thought I would write a little story', Volume XIV; Frank Merrill, p.32 'Doff thy rags and don these splendors' Volume XV; Dan Beard, p. 166 'Sandy's curious delusion', Volume XVI; F. V. Du Mond, Frontispiece 'The Maid of Orleans', Volume XVIII; F. Opper, p.30 'Flies, Dan'l, flies!', Volume XIX; A.B. Frost, p.138 'I reckon I got to be excused' Volume XX; Allen St. John, p.170 'Colonel Sellers introduces Sally to Lord Berkley' Volume XXI; F. Luis Mora, p.48 'Listening to History' Volume XXIII. As a large, heavy set, this order will be carefully packed and may incur additional shipping charges. Signed by Author(s).

Definitive edition, one of 1024 sets, flyleaf of vol. one signed twice by the author, with signed accreditation leaf by the editor; 37 volumes, 8vo; illustrated with numerous engraved plates, a little mellow stain to signed limitation leaf, just a hint of marginal toning to some paper stock, but internally bright overall; fine full red morocco gilt by Stikeman, with green morocco inlaid doublures (blue in Autobiography volumes), top edges gilt, others uncut; a fine set. This edition is signed twice by Twain, both under his real name and pseudonym, with a printed note signed by the editor explaining that the flyleaves were signed by Twain in 1906 in anticipation of this edition. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), otherwise known as Mark Twain, the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called 'the Great American Novel'.

Definitive Signed Ed. 37 vols. Limited Ed. Signed by Twain.(as both "Mark Twain" & S.L.Clemens") Original boards. with dust cover. some chipped dw. An excellent set of the Best Edition of Twain, Complete with the Paine' a Biography (Vols.30-33) & Letters (Vols. 34-35) & the Autobiography (Vols. 36,37) Twain signed the fly-leaf in 1906, in anticipation of the present edition.

Full Red Crushed Morocco. Autograph Edition 388/512. Exquisite 20 volume collection of Mark Twain's works. Lacking five volumes. Autograph edition. Signed by Mark Twain on the limitation page found in Volume I of The Innocents Abroad. Additionally signed by Charles Dudley Warner on the limitation page of The Gilded Age. These volumes are in near fine condition. Very finely bound in full red crushed morocco, with gilt lettering and dentelles, with five raised bands to the spine. Top edges gilt. Rarely seen elaborate full leather pastedowns. Minor staining to some boards. Interior pages are bright and clean. Lacking volumes 5, 7, 14, 18, and 23. The titles included in this collection are: The Innocents Abroad Vols I & II - 1899; A Tramp Abroad Vols I & II; Following The Equator Vol II - 1899; Roughing It Vol II - 1899; Life on The Mississippi - 1899; The Gilded Age Vols I & II - 1899; Adventures of Tom Sawyer - 1899; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - 1899; The Prince and the Pauper - 1899; A Yankee in King Arthur's Court - 1899; Joan of Arc Vol I - 1899; Sketches - 1899; Tom Sawyer Abroad, Etc. - 1899; The American Claimant , Etc. - 1899; How to Tell a Story, Etc. - 1900; The $30,000 Bequest, Etc. - 1907; and lastly Christian Science - 1907. 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.

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).

Set Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. LIMITED EDITION. 25 Volumes. 8vo. LIMITED SIGNED EDITION, one of 600 copies (of total 620). SIGNED by author as both Mark Twain and S. L. Clemens at tipped-in colophon leaf of volume one. Printed at Hartford Press, Hartford Connecticut. Rebound in brick colored half morocco, dark blue title labels at spines; 5 raised bands, marbled paper-over-boards. T.e.g. Negligible rubbing to bottom edges of covers. Minute scrape to spine at bottom band of volume one. Mild narrow abrasion of a few inches at lower margin of general title page in each volume. Occasional light foxing to leaves. VG. THE SET: Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Twenty-five volumes; 5 ¾ in. x 8 ½ in. Volume One: The verso of the f.f.e.p. has the bookplate of William G. Mather (1857-1951), a Cleveland, Ohio-based industrialist and book collector. Bound in at this point is a tab reading "Original Autograph Manuscript Pages from The Gilded Age." There are two manuscript pages: the first in Twain's hand with some corrections and cross-outs; the second in the hand of Charles Dudley Warner, who was Twain's collaborator for "The Gilded Age." The verso of the half-title page in Volume One is the limitation page and states: "The Autograph Edition of Mark Twain's Works is limited to Five Hundred and Twelve Copies, of which this is No. 4 [signed]: S.L. Clemens (Mark Twain)." This is followed by (1) an engraved portrait of Twain; (2) title-page of the set; (3) the title-page for the work in Volume I ("Innocents Abroad") and (4) an essay entitled "Biographical Criticism" ( at pp. v-xxxiii), which is signed at the end by the author, Brander Matthews. All volumes are illustrated (some are photo-gravures); and some illustrations are signed. Presswork by The University Press, Cambridge. (1899-1907). Volume 10 of the set is the first volume of "The Gilded Age;" it has a limitation page reading the same as that in Volume I and is signed by Charles Dudley Warner (only). Bound in full, dark red-brown morocco leather by Pfister, with its stamp on the end-papers. With five raised bands on the spine gilt titling, and a gilt floral design on the spine and front covers, with doublures of green and dark red-brown morocco with a gilt design of floral sprays, gilt borders, gray silk end-papers; top-edges gilt. Some of the spine ends, outer hinges, or cover corners show light wear or rubbing to the leather; a few volumes show more wear. Very good +. 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).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First signed edition ( S.L. Clemens), (Samuel Langhorne Clemens - Mark Twain). Set of 25 volumes, in modern red leather binding with raised bands on the spines, gilt titles. Handsome beautifully bound complete set of a rare sought-after edition. Rare. Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn. Please inquire for further details. Signed by Author.

The Definitive Edition, copy 94 of 1024 sets, with the double signature of the author on the front flyleaf of the first volume ("S. L. Clemens | Mark Twain"). Title-pages printed in red and black with engraved vignette of a steamboat, frontispieces and numerous plates with red-captioned tissue-guards. 37 vols. 8vo. Unusually, this set includes a leaf in Clemens' hand from the original manuscript of A Tramp Abroad, from Chapter 37, beginning: "steadily & at last they were become loud & savage. A mutiny ensued." In all the leaf, penned recto only in purple ink, comprises approx. 55 words with significant cross outs. Indeed the entire lower half of the leaf has been crossed out by Clemens concerning the murder of a guide. See the Maurice Neville Collection sale, part III, lot 4 (Sotheby's New York, April 24, 2017) for a set in the same binding, likely bound by Stikeman for Wells, with a different leaf from Tramp Abroad (sold for $32,500). As usual, this set includes an attestation signed by Albert Bigelow Paine, Clemens' biographer and literary executor, that the flyleaves signed by Clemens/Twain were signed in 1906 in anticipation of a definitive edition. The final eight volumes comprise Paine's biography of Clemens, his selection of letters by the author, and his heavily expurgated edition of Clemens' Autobiography. BAL 3691; Schmidt, A HISTORY OF AND GUIDE TO UNIFORM EDITIONS OF MARK TWAIN'S WORKS, Chapter 29 (online text) Three-quarter brown crushed morocco and tan cloth by Stikeman, spines gilt in six compartments, top edges gilt, others uncut, minor rubbing and wear. Provenance: R. S. Newbold (signature on front endpaper) Title-pages printed in red and black with engraved vignette of a steamboat, frontispieces and numerous plates with red-captioned tissue-guards. 37 vols. 8vo The Definitive Edition, copy 94 of 1024 sets, with the double signature of the author on the front flyleaf of the first volume ("S. L. Clemens | Mark Twain").

Newell, Peter. The Definitive Edition, Number 684 of 1024 sets signed by Twain (as both "Mark Twain" & "S.L. Clemens") on a tipped in leaf. Portrait frontispiece portrait by W. H. Bicknell in volume I, plates by Peter Newell throughout. 37 vols. 8vo (9 x 6 inches; 230 x 155 mm). This edition is signed twice by Clemens -- under both his real and pen names. Clemens signed the fly-leaf in 1906 in anticipation of the definitive edition of his works. The statement to that effect is signed by the editor, Albert Bigelow Paine. BAL 3691; Schmidt, A HISTORY OF AND GUIDE TO UNIFORM EDITIONS OF MARK TWAIN'S WORKS, Chapter 29 (online text) Original quarter cloth and boards, paper spine labels. Fine, spine labels with some fading Portrait frontispiece portrait by W. H. Bicknell in volume I, plates by Peter Newell throughout. 37 vols. 8vo (9 x 6 inches; 230 x 155 mm) The Definitive Edition, Number 684 of 1024 sets signed by Twain (as both "Mark Twain" & "S.L. Clemens") on a tipped in leaf.