Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2010. First printing. Hardcover. 756 pp. Edited by Harriet Elinor Smith. First of a projected three volume autobiography suppressed (based on Twain's strict instructions) for 100 years after his death. Few faint areas of discoloration textblock, else Fine. More
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1893. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [6], 9-260, [3], 9 (pages of publisher's advertisements), [3] pp. Bound in tan cloth with gilt, brown, and black decorations on the front board. Illustrated by a frontispiece. BAL 3436, Ahearn APG 045a, McBride 135. A Near..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], xi-xv, [1], 17-277, [1], [8] (pages of publisher's advertisemets) pp. Bound in olive-green cloth with decorations in gold and black on the front board and spine. BAL 3434. An attractive copy. Tiny tear to last three leaves..... More
[New York]: The Library of America [1992], 1992. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [8], ix-xviii, 1076, [2], [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [19]; [8], ix-xiii, [1], 1050, [3], [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [17] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering blocked in black on each spine. Price of $35.00 on the..... More
Hartford, CN: The American Publishing Company, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [6], 7-712, [2] pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling and decorations on the spine, inset blue and pink decoration of an elephant on the front board. Illustrated by a frontispiece photograph of Mark Twain and by numerous in-text..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899. Early Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 4-233, [1], [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Red cloth with gold decorations on the spine and boards, spine and front board are lettered in black. Top edge gilt. A Near Very Good book with the front hinge..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [5], 8-624, [2] pp. Half-bound in morocco over pebbled brown cloth, with marble endpapers, pastedowns, and a marbled textblock. Spine is lettered and decorated in gilt with five raised bands, the margins of the boards are in ruled..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1890. Later printing. Hardcover. 4to. [5], 11-411, [1], [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [4] pp. Green cloth stamped in black on the front board and spine, volume lettered and decorated in gilt on the front board and spine. Illustrated by two frontispieces and..... More
Hartford, Conn. American Publishing Company, 1872. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-xviii, [1], 20-591, [1] (page of publisher's advertisements) pp. Three-quarter leather over textured brown cloth, spine in six compartments with gold lettering, decorative textblock and marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Fully illustrated by eminent artists: with two frontispieces, six plates..... More
Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 432 pp. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering and black decorations on the spine and the front board. Frontispiece portrait of the author with tissue guard, marginal illustrations throughout, full-page illustration preceding "Those Extraordinary Twins". Contemporary ownership inscription (dated..... More
Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, 1880. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv-xvi, 17-631, [1] (page of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Bound in brown cloth with gilt decorations and lettering on the spine and the front board. Illustrated by two frontispieces, several full-page illustrations, and numerous in-text illustrations (in all 328..... More