New York: The Heritage Press [1936], 1936. Later Edition. Hardcover. 284 pp. Illustrated by Norman Rockwell (8 color plates and numerous black and white illustrations for the chapter headings). Lacks the Sandglass. A Very Good+ book with a small separation between the backstrip and the textblock and a slight misalignment... More about The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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 about Autobiography of Mark Twain; Volume 1
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1893. First printing. Hardcover. 260 pp. Small 8vo., bound in tan cloth with gilt, brown, and black decorations on the front board. BAL 3436, Ahearn APG 045a, McBride 135. A Near Fine book with a small crack to the rear hinge (binding is... More about The £1,000,000 Bank-Note
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892. First printing. Hardcover. 277 pp. Bound in olive-green cloth. BAL 3434. An attractive copy. Tiny tear to last three leaves, hints of wear to edges of boards, else Very near Fine. More about The American Claimant
Hartford, CN: The American Publishing Company, 1897. First printing. Hardcover. 712 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling and decorations on the spine. Includes several black and white illustrations. The first printing of the first American edition. BAL 3451. An account of Twain's travels around the British empire, expressing his disdain... More about Following the Equator
New York: The Heritage Press [1962], 1962. First edition thus. Hardcover. 499 pp. Bound in green cloth with gilt decorations on the spine in a red slipcase. Includes the Sandglass. With an introduction by Edward Wagenknecht and illustrations by Fritz Kredel. A Very Good+ book with a small separation between... More about The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrim's Progress; Being Some Account of the Steamshhip Quaker...
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], 149, [1] pp. Photograph frontispiece, featuring statues of William Shakespeare and Sir Francis Bacon. Bound in green cloth, top edge gilt, gold lettering on the front board and the spine. BAL 3509. A sharp copy. Near Fine with... More about Is Shakespeare Dead????; From my Autobiography
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. 624 pp. Large 8vo. Half-bound in morocco, with marble endpapers, pastedowns, and marbled textblock. Spine is lettered and decorated in gilt with five raised bands, the margins of the boards are in ruled gilt. With more than 300 illustrations. BAL... More about Life on the Mississippi
Hartford, Conn. The American Publishing Company, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 320 pp. Bound in bright blue cloth with decorations stamped in black on the boards and spine, with gilt decorations on the front board and spine. Now first published in complete form. Sold only by subscription. Illustrated by woodcuts... More about Mark Twain's Sketches; New and Old
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. 301 pp.. Green cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine, light yellow slipcase. Selected and introduced by Edward Wagenknecht. Illustrations by Joseph Low. Very near Fine in very near Fine slipcase. More about The Notorious Jumping Frog and Other Stories
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 about The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins
Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, 1880. First edition. Hardcover. 631 pp. Bound in brown cloth with gilt decorations and lettering on the spine and the front board. Illustrated by various artists, with three or four by the author himself. In all the volume includes 328 illustrations. BAL 3386. Ahearn APG... More about A Tramp Abroad