New York: Charles Webster & Co, 1892. First Edition. Small Octavo. First printing, State A; without portrait. 209pp., (7)pp. ads at rear. Bound in olive green cloth lettered and decorated in black, gray and gilt, minor soiling and wear to spine ends. Previous owner’s inscription to upper corner of pastedown..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster and Co., 1885. First Edition. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece. The Mark Twain bust has the table cloth visible and Heliotype Printing C0. (state 1) "Him and another man" is listed as p. 88, "with the was" p. 57. The last "5" in p. 155 is dropped..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889. First Edition. Octavo. First issue with the "S" like design between "The King" on page [59]. Frontispiece, 575pp. [2]pp. publisher's ads, illustrated. Bound in 3/4 brown pebble grained morocco over brown pebble grained cloth, raised bands with compartment lettered and ruled in..... More
Harford, Connecticut: The American Publishing Co., 1897. First Edition. Thick Octavo. 2nd issue without the 11 on page 61. illustrated. bound in blue cloth, pictorial illustration of an elephant to upper board with decorations in gilt, decorative gilt spine, minor light rubbing to joints and spine ends. A very nice..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 152(1)pp., illustrated by Lucius Hitchcock, bound in publisher’s pictorial red cloth depicting a rider on a horse accented in black, brown and white, lettering white. Two corners bumped, spine faded, small area of damp staining to upper board near..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. First Edition. Octavo. 149(1)pp., bound in green cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, some rubbing to edges, minor wear to spine ends. Previous owner’s bookplate. A nice copy. More
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1893. Firs Edition. Large Octavo. Boston, James R. Osgood, 1883. Large octavo. First edition, First state, intermediate "A" (the first state illustrated tail-piece on page 441, but the caption on page 443 corrected to "The St Charles Hotel"). 624pp., illustrated with more than 300 illustrations, bound..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. First Edition. Large Octavo. First state of p. 441 and 443. 624pp. Illustrated, bound in brown pictorial cloth accented in black and gilt., pictorial gilt spine, previous owner’s name in pencil, and stamped on second blank and top of title page. Only light wear to..... More
Hartford, Conn: The American Publishing Co., 1875. First Edition. Octavo. 2d state, as per BAL 3364. Bound in publisher’s blue cloth lettered and decorated in black and gilt, pale yellow endpapers, previous owner’s name stamp, corners worn, spine ends chipped, some darkening to spine and edge, just a bit of..... More
Hartford, Conn: American Publishing Co., 1872. First American Edition. Large Octavo. State B of p. 242, with ad on p.592, double frontispieces, 591(1)pp., bound in dark black-brown pictorial gilt cloth, decorative gilt spine, peach endpapers with triple fly leaves, chipping to spine ends, very light corner wear, rear hinge cracking..... More
London; 1892-1898: Chatto & Windus. Octavo. In 15 volumes, with hundreds of illustrations by various artist, finely bound by Morrell in 3/4 red morocco over red cloth, raised bands with compartments decoratively stamped in gilt, all edges marbled with matching endpapers. Titles include, Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi, Tom..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1893. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 260pp., 9pp. publisher's ads, bound in publisher’s tan pictorial cloth depicting a wolf running accented in dark brown, black and gilt, spine lettering gilt. Binding does exhibit some overall soiling but internally very clean without foxing and..... More
Stamford, Conn. The Overbrook Press, 1946. Octavo. Printed for our Senators and Congressmen, who, in these troubled times, may find much needed distraction in the refreshing humor of Mark Twain.33pp. Bound in brown wrappers, paper label. Near fine. More
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1967. First Edition. Large Octavo. edited with an introduction by Hamlin Hill. The present volume includes the texts of 290 letters buy Mark Twain to his publishers. Twenty-three letters have been included from text in Mark Twain, Business Man in order to provide a...... More
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1969), Lare Octavo. 500pp., edited with an Introduction by Walter Blair. Bound in beige cloth lettered in red and black, front hinge cracked, a good copy in good printed dust jacket, clipped, closed to foot with some sunning to spine. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968. First Edition. Large Octavo. 2nd printing, 588pp., edited by John S. Tuckey, bound in bright cloth lettered in black and red, A fine bright copy in near fine clipped printed dust jacket. More
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New York and London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1903. First Edition. Octavo. 262pp., (3)pp. ads at rear, (mostly unopened) bound in pictorial paper covered boards lettered and decorated in white and black backed in black cloth, paper spine label, decorative endpapers with names of authors. A fine bright copy..... More