Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Mark (1835-1910) Twain. The American Claimant. New York : Charles L. Webster, 1892.
Price: US$15.23 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback with no dust cover. Well read copy but still useable, some spine wear, colouring of page edges due to age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United Kingdom
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Over 700 pages. Worn and chipped leather spine, the covers are detached. Pages tanned, a couple stained; a reading copy. Includes The American claimant by Mark Twain; Variety Patter by Jerome; The Quest by W. Courthope Forman; more. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Inventory No: 204754.
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
Mark Twain.. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co. January 1892, 1892.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: General wear and tear, corners are bumped and rubbed
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co., New York, 1892.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and illustrations on front and spine. Front board edges rubbed; corners frayed. Back board edges rubbed; corners frayed. Spine head and heel with some fraying; head lightly bumped. Spine age toned with some fading of gilt letters; minor staining. Head of binding a bit loose, though sound. No loose pages. Bookplate on front pastedown. Small library stamp on front endpaper. Gift inscription on second front endpaper. Small markings in what appears to be red pencil on title page. Otherwise, text clean and unmarked. Pages with mild toning. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾
Seller: Small World Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT. Charles L. Webster & Co., New York, 1892.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: LIT 040837 Solid green cloth hard cover with gold titling and black decorations on the front board. With fairly mild wear and scuffing and a bit of soiling. Titling on spine is faded and spine is a bit darkened. With a musty odor. With 8 pages of ads at the end. Pages are a little yellowed. Binding is good. 277pp
Seller: Walk A Crooked Mile Books, Williamsburg, PA, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co, 1892.
Price: US$32.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Boo has a little edge wear and some discoloring. Name inside. First Edition. ***PROMPT, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE!***
Seller: The Book Files, Broken Arrow, OK, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 273pp+appendix, octavo, green boards with gilt titles and black decor, shaken binding leaving the page block a bit loose, clean boards and clear titles, wear to the spine ends, mild corner wear.
Seller: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster and Co., New York, 1892.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: green cloth, gilt, black design and lettering B2 1
Seller: COVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS, Saint John, NB, Canada
Twain, Mark. American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892.
Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892. Cover corners bumped, spine ends lightly rubbed/bumped; internal hinge slightly exposed at front endpaper; previous owner's name on front endpaper; binding tight; cover, edges, and interior intact and clean except where noted. First Edition. hardcover. Good.
Seller: Munster & Company LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$38.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: . . . . 8vo, hardcover. No dj, green decorative cloth. Vg condition. Spine dulled, covers lightly soiled, conrtents clean, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 277 pp., illutrations in the text. 19th, American, Century, Humor, Literature,
Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. The American Claimant. Charles Webster & Co, 1892.
Price: US$39.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This lighthearted farce features an American under the spell of Britain's aristocracy and an English earl equally intrigued by American democracy. While eccentric inventor Colonel Mulberry Sellers attempts to pursue his claim to the earldom of Rossmore, the rightful heir determines to renounce his title and find a place in American society. When the young lord's identity is wiped out in a hotel fire, he's free to assume a new name and realize his egalitarian dreams--an undertaking that leads him into the company of Colonel Sellers and a romance with the Colonel's daughter, who is practical seamstress Sally Sellers by day and romantic Lady Gwendolen by night. An unjustly neglected gem by the great American storyteller, this novel is a fast-moving comedy that also offers thought-provoking reflections on the construction of self and identity. Hardcover. Condition: Good Shelf Wear. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. Line Drawings (illustrator). First Edition. green cloth, gilt, black design and lettering Photos available by request. International customers will be charged actual shipping costs.
Seller: Bergen Book Studio, Hillsdale, NJ, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892.
Price: US$49.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Printing. Green cloth boards with gilt titles.
Seller: Mark Henderson, Olathe, KS, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Condition: Good+. Green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and black cover art. Overall minor wear to extremities, especially tail, end cap and joints. Minor soiling to boards. Binding solid and true. Pages show edge toning, but otherwise clean and clear. Light foxing on end papers. Bookplate on inside of front cover. 277 pages; 23 illustrations.
Seller: Lochinvar's Library, Chadds Ford, PA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L Webster & Co., New York, 1892.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Olive green cloth with gilt and black. Front hinge slightly shaken but not cracked, corners and head of spine lightly rubbed, heel of spine lightly frayed. Eight pages of ads in rear, original booksellers stamp on front paste down, end papers with a hint of foxing, top edge of text block dust dulled. Contents clean and bright with no marks or inscriptions. PayPal accepted.
Seller: Diamond Island Books, Gorham, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$63.60 + shipping
Description: Illus. by DAN BEARD, 8pp adverts at end. xvi+277pp. orig. pictorial green cloth gilt, slight wear on extremities, From the library of Stanley Reynolds [1934-2016], the author and critic, who wrote ÔBetter Dead than RedÕ (1964).
Seller: R.G. Watkins Books and Prints, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Twain, Mark:. The American Claimant.. New York, Charles L. Webster & Co.,, 1892.
Price: US$70.23 + shipping
Description: 277 S., 5 Bl. mit Abb. Einb. berieb., bestoß. u. min. fl. u. lichtgebl. Innen selten min. braunfl. Sprache: Englisch
Seller: Antiquariat Kunsthaus-Adlerstrasse, Stuttgart, Germany
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [1]-[xvi]+17-277+[1]+[8 ads] pages with frontispiece and 23 black and white illustrations. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4). Issued in olive green cloth with gilt lettering and black pictorial to spine and cover. (BAL 3434) First American edition. The Colonel Mulberry Sellers here re-introduced to the public is the same person who appeared as Eschol Sellers in the first edition of the tale entitled The Gilded Age, years ago, and as Beriah Sellers in the subsequent editions of the same book, and finally as Mulberry Sellers in the drama played afterward by John T. Raymond. The name was changed from Eschol to Beriah to accommodate an Eschol Sellers who rose up out of the vastly deeps of uncharted space and preferred his request--backed by threat of a libel suit--then went his way appeased, and came no more. In the play Beriah had to be dropped to satisfy another member of the race, and Mulberry was substituted in the hope that the objectors would be tired by that time and let it pass unchallenged. So far it has occupied the field in peace; therefore we chance it again, feeling reasonably safe, this time, under shelter of the statute of limitations. Condition: Spine ends and corners moderately rubbed, spine gilt dulled, spine faded, University of Chicago Library book plate to front paste down. Over all a very good copy.
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co, New York, 1892.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Pictorial green cloth with black and gilt. Decorative bookplate on front pastedown, owner's name on front fly, front hinge cracked, edges lightly worn, else very good.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT. Charles L. Webster: NY, 1892.
Price: US$86.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illus. by Dan Beard, 8.25 x 5.5", gilt-lettered pict green cloth, 277pp + ads, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, spine a little cocked, contents a little edge-toned but still a nice copy of the FIRST EDITION (NAP).
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 277 pages; 1892 Charles L. Webster. HC 1st edition, 1st printing. Snugly bound and clean in original olive green cloth with pictorial title design in black and gilt to cover and spine. 277, [8] ads pp. Cloth a trifle toned at spine; mild crimping and a hint of fray to cloth at spine ends. Usual light general toning to page stock and endpapers. Slim clipping from a book dealer's catalog mounted to the front pastedown. [8] pages of ads at rear. Solid and attractive copy with sound complete endpages. VG+
Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co., New York, 1892.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 21 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 277pp. 8pp ads. Illustrated. Bound in green illustrated cloth. First edition with same date on title and copyright page. Some rubbing to the edges of the boards. Address stamp on front fixed endpaper, previous owner's inscription on 2nd front endpaper, bookseller's small sticker on rear fixed endpaper. BAL 3434.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. American Claimant 1st Edition US. CHARLES L WEBSTER & CO January 1892, 1892.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good: small black ink spot at bottom of front cover; very slight fraying to spine ends and spine a little faded; binding tight and square
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, 1892. Olive green cloth with gilt and black, decorated board and spine. A very good bright, tight copy, spine very lightly rubbed. No former owner marks. BAL 3434. "The American Claimant is a comedy of mistaken identities and multiple role switches. Its cast of characters include an American enamored of British hereditary aristocracy and a British earl entranced by American democracy. Twain wrote the novel with the help of phonographic dictation, the first author (according to Twain himself) to do so. This was also (according to Twain) an attempt to write a book without mention of the weather, the first of its kind in fictitious literature (although the first sentence of the second paragraph references weather: "breezy fine morning"). Indeed, all the weather is contained in an appendix, at the back of the book, which the reader is encouraged to turn to from time to time."
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster, 1892.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Covers worn, with some damage to front right edge. Gift inscription on front flyleaf. As-Is.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. AMERICAN CLAIMANT. Charles L. Webster, New York, NY, 1892.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: New York, NY: Charles L. Webster. G/No Dustjacket. 1892. First Edition. Cloth. BAL 3434 . 8vo., 277 pp., cover rubbed, bumped, frayed, scuffed & scraped, hinges cracked, slight waterstaining of the foredge, pages yellowing .
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$108.12 + shipping
Description: 8vo., half-title, frontispiece, illustrations in text, pp. 278 + 8 of adverts. Publisher's pictorial grey cloth. Head and tail of spine very slightly rubbed. Fine. FIRST EDITION. BMC No261, p90-93.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
TWAIN, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: First printing. Octavo (21cm). Grey-green cloth stamped in gilt, black, and gray; plain endpapers; [i]-[xvi] 17-277 [278],[8]pp; 8pp publisher's catalogue at rear; frontispiece and in-text illustrations. Embossed dealer's stamp of R. M. Hays & Bros, Hagerstown, MD, to front free endpaper. A sound but much rubbed copy, spine browned with gilt rubbed away, occasional internal marks: just Very Good. The book in which Twain famously omitted all references to the weather; also reputedly the first book to be composed using phonographic dictation. BAL 3434. MCBRIDE p.134. WRIGHT III: 1809. [62224].
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster and Co., 1892.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: clean tight first edition showing minor edgewear. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Twain, Mark (Clemens, Samuel L.). The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A superb copy with gleaming cover gilt, tight and unmarked except for a historic 1919 Asheville, North Carolina bookplate neatly tipped to the front endpaper. Twain wrote this novel with the help of phonographic dictation, likely the first author to do so. This was also an attempt to write a book without mention of the weather, the first of its kind in fictitious literature (although, of course, the first sentence of the second paragraph contains "fine, breezy morning"). Indeed, all the weather is contained in an appendix at the back of the book, which the reader is encouraged to reference from time to time. The story is a comedy of mistaken identities and multiple role switches. One rarely finds such a fine copy of this Twain work.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
[CLEMENS, SAMUEL.]. The American claimant. By Mark Twain. Charles L. Webster & Co, New York, 1892.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo, pp. [iii]-xv, [1], 17-277, [1], [8] ads; illustrated throughout; extremities lightly rubbed, small stain on front cover at the bottom and a smudge at the lower corner of the back cover; otherwise a very good copy in original pictorial olive green cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine. Illustrated by Dan Beard. BAL 3434.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. The American Claimant. Charles Webster & Co., New York, 1892.
Price: US$127.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Overall the book is very good condition.Olive green boards gold text, some edge wear. Inner hinge is cracked at the top 2", back hinge solid. Solid binding. Complete with 273 pages plus indexes and preface. First edition. Charmingly illustrated. 8.25 in. x 5.75 in.
Seller: Jans Collectibles: Vintage Books, Bethany, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, BAL 3434, original unrestored olive-green cloth binding in better than Very Good condition, little rubbing to extremities; The American Claimant is Twain's comedy of mistaken identities and multiple role switches, all revolving around the serious debate between the hereditary aristocracy of Europe and the democracy of America; B & W Illustrations; 8vo; i-xvi, 17-277, [1], 8pp. adv., [2] pages
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co, New York, 1892.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo.277pp+ [8] ads. A very good copy. Illustrated by Daniel Carter Beard. First Edition; First Printing. Front inner hinge cracked and glue repaired. End papers browned. Olive green cloth stamped in black & gilt. Rubbing to spine ends. Short inscription, ink, on page 71. "But in one thing I have made an immense mistake. I ought to have _____ my title and changed my name before I started"
Seller: Smythe Books LLC, Hoschton, GA, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Olive green cloth. Contemporary owner's name Corners a little bumped, cloth worn at the spine ends, and the gilt a little faded, a near very good copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens).. The American Claimant.. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In original pale olive green cloth stamped with images of the Earl of Rossmore and the Colonel Mulberry Sellers, with the motto "suum cuique" (to each their own). Binding not fresh but sound and entire, which is true of the text as well. Ghost of old cello tape on pastedown.
Seller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA, Tuxedo, NY, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster and Company, 1892.
Price: US$170.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: green cloth pictorial binding. top and bottom spine edge wear. lightly rubbed cover edges
Seller: Peasant Birch Booksellers, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles G. Webster & Co, New York, 1892.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 277 pages. A somewhat forgotten novel from the author of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and numerous other classics. A very good plus copy in decorated green cloth boards with some minor wear to spine ends, corners and some other wear as well. No dust jacket. BAL 3434. A solid copy.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT. Charles L. Webster & Co, New York, 1892.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 277 pages, [8] ads. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's grey-green green pictorial cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Boards show rubbing to corners, rubbing and fraying to spine edges, and faint marks on rear cover. Textblock has light age toning and foxing to some pages. Shelved Room A. BAL 3434. 1372317. Special Collections.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark [Clemens, Samuel]. THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT. Charles L. Webster & Company, New York, 1892.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, [i]-[xvi], 17-277 pages, 8 pp advertisements in rear. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in pale olive green cloth with gilt lettering and stamped illustrations on spine and front cover. Boards show rubbing to corners, fraying to spine edges, and mild shelf wear. Textblock has light age toning. Pale Olive green cloth binding. Shelved Case 13. BAL 3434. 1376187. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens. THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT. Charles L. Webster & Co., New York, 1892.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Bound in the olive decorated cloth, black and gold decorative front board and spine with only the slightest bit of rubbing to corners and head/foot. " Copyright, 1892 S. L. Clemens " 8 pp of ads at rear. A more common Clemens first with binding in near fine condition and only mark inside is owners inscription on ffp, probably never read.
Seller: Charles Thomas Bookseller, Stratham, NH, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The American Claimant by Mark Twain. First edition in original green cloth. Publisher: Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892. Binding is in very good condition. Toning to the spine. Contents clean. 277 pages plus ads in back. Inventory #10-029.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Green cloth with black illustration and gilt letters on front board and spine. Very good with owner's name on front pastedown, small pinhole on front fly, spine ends and corners are worn.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. BAL 3434. 8vo. Frontispiece and 23 b/w illustrations by Dan Beard. 277 pages + 8 pages of advertisements. Original olive green pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt. Internally clean. Bound tightly. A bit of wear to tips, corners, and cloth at the crown and foot of spine. Cloth is faded. Owner's bookplate on inside front board. Owner inscription on FFEP as well as date stamp "Sep 15 1892."
Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, (1) blank, 17-277, (1) blank, 8 adv. Original gilt lettered black and grey stamped pictorial gray- green cloth. Very good clean copy. Back gilt dull. Sheets & plates clean, unmarked, complete. BAL 3434. H7101
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$216.00 + shipping
Description: 23 black-and-white text illustrations. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with the front cover stamped in gilt, black, and darker green and the spine stamped in gilt and black. Minor stain to the front cover and minor wear to the corners. Minor writing in ink on the front free endpaper.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster, 1892.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine Copy InGreen Cloth. First Edition 1892/1892. Excellent Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co., New York, 1892.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. BAL 3434. 8vo. Frontispiece and 23 b/w illustrations by Dan Beard. 277 pages + 8 pages of advertisements. Original olive green pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt. Internally clean. Wear to tips, corners, and cloth at the crown and foot of spine.
Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co, New York, 1892.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "The American Claimant". Published by Charles L. Webster & Co. in 1892. Measures 8-¼" x 5-½". First edition with matching dates of 1892 on the title and copyright pages, and no mention of later printings (BAL 3434). Very good plus copy in the publisher's original olive-green cloth with gilt lettering and black illustrations to the front board and spine. Minor wear to the edges of the spine and to the extremities. Gilt lettering surprisingly well preserved. Previous owner's name and date on the front endpaper in pencil. 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.
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. 21 by 14.5 cm. 277, [9] pp. With pasted decorative bookplate on FEP of C. Kemble Baldwin and Helen M. A. Baldwin, who were known bibliophiles and collectors of literature in their day. Condition: Upper right front corner bumped moderate amount. Some darkening of green on spine, and/or fading of gilt lettering on spine. Light fraying of cloth here and there on edges, more pronounced at spine extremities, but not to disconcerting level, in our view. A few inches of neat tearing of FEP by hinge -- also not to a disconcerting degree. Minor staining -- two spots -- along fore-edge. Discreet inked name of Ms. Baldwin, pre-marriage, in upper corner of FEP. Leaves moderately age toned. Still a VG copy.
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark.. THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT.. CHARLES L. WEBSTER & CO., NY, 1892.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy in the olive green cloth binding, with titles in gilt. Features 23 drawings by Dan Beard, and has 8 pp. of ads at the rear of text. (Rear hinge cracked. Traces of soiling at top edge and light rubbing to edges of cloth)
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
TWAIN MARK.. THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT.. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Front cover lettered in gilt with vignette in black. Corners and spine extremities show only minimal wear. Cover and spine are crisp and bright. Book-plate front free endpaper. Several small areas of black spotting on top edge and top of fore-edge. Eight pp. advertisements at the conclusion. See BAL 3434. Size: Octavo
Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The American Claimant. New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo., olive-green pictorial cloth lettered in gilt, green, and black; spine lightly sunned, extremities slightly rubbed. First edition, with frontispiece and illustrations by Dan Beard. BAL 3434. A handsome copy.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT. , 1892.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892. Original olive-green cloth pictorially decorated in black and dark green. First Edition of this novel in which Twain tried, unsuccessfully, to recreate the character of Colonel Sellers from THE GILDED AGE. This American edition came out in late March or early April 1892; the London edition came out about six months later. This copy is in olive-green cloth; others are in grey-green cloth but are otherwise identical -- there is no priority between the two colors, and there are no "issue points" of the text. The volume is in bright, near-fine condition (minor rubbing at the extremities). Blanck 3434; McBride p. 134.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$254.40 + shipping
Description: [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp. 277; [9], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt to spine and upper board with illustrations to upper. Illustrative frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout. Toning to edges of textblock, rolling to spine, bumping to corners. Very good. Mark Twain was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. This books is perhaps most notable because of Twain's claim 'no weather will be found in this book' and he argues this is the first novel to attempt such an endeavour.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
TWAIN, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co., New York, 1892.
Price: US$270.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Mark Twain's humorous fantasy novel concerns his Colonel Mulberry Sellers character, an American who has notions of joining elite British society; and Berkeley Rossmore, an Englishman of high birth who wishes to relocate to America. With black & white illustrations throughout by Dan Beard. An interesting aspect of this work is that Twain attempted to write this entire novel without making any references to weather (a goal which was not quite fully achieved). --- In olive cloth with illustrations and decorations in black to cover and spine; gilt-stamped cover & spine titling. Volume has no dust jacket. --- An excellent copy: clean, tightly-bound and well-preserved, though with moderate spine sunning, light chafing to edges of cloth and prior owners' signatures & notations to front free endpaper.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 277, (8, ads) pages
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$270.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case for Mark Twain's Classic: THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT. A Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine. The case is finished in black Nuba® with a 'sculpted' design of the iconic illustration with gold sides. Every TBCL case can be finished in a selection of fine leathers & cloths or Nuba® or a combination of both. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. "Book definitely NOT included" When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age or if the edition is covered in Mylar. The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests.Sized to fit: 8.3" x 6" x 1".
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co, New York, 1892.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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, hints of wear to edges of boards, else Very near Fine.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark (pseud S.L. Clemens). The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co, New York, 1892.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. Olive-green cloth, titled in gilt with pictorial elements in black; 277,(1) + 8pp publisher's catalog; illus. Mild rubbing and a hint of darkening to cloth at extremities; small (
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The American Claimant. New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892, 1892.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover. 8vo (8.25" x 5.75"), gilt pictorial green cloth. Frontis., [i-xvi], 277 pp., 8 pp. pub. ads., illus. throughout by Daniel Beard. CONDITION: Near fine, inner front hinge with small tear. First edition. BAL 3434.
Seller: James Arsenault & Company, ABAA, Arrowsic, ME, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. AMERICAN CLAIMANT. New York: Charles L Webster, 1892.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. 277 pp. plus 8-page publisher's catalogue. Illustrated with black/white drawings. Olive green cloth cover with gilt title and black pictorial designs on cover and on spine. The spine has darkened. Light wear to corners and to spine ends. At p. 25 a small amount of text from p. 24 has offset; at p. 277 some has added in pencil the words "at Erie, Pa." to a quotation from Genesis about raining for 40 days and nights. Inscribed on a preliminary page: "Christmas 1892. To my friend and 2/3 cousin Edna Smith. Geo. W. Barker. 'Towards the end of my shelf I had one or two humorous works; chief amongst them all being Mark Twain.' (Drummonds Addresses, page 332)." BAL. Vol. 2, p. 203; No. 3434
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark.. American Claimant, The.. Charles L. Webster and Co., New York, 1892.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Full olive green cloth with blind stamped illustration in black on front board and spine. There is mild shelf wear to the binding and a previous owner's signature in pencil on front free endpage. llustrated. UncleAndy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Grey-green cloth variant (no priority). Bookplate neatly removed from front fly, with light, tidy paper remnant, and a little rubbing to the extremities of the boards, a nice, near fine copy. *BAL* 3434.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT. Charles L. Webster & Co, New York, 1892.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: New York: Charles L. Webster & Co. Collectible-Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Reference BAL #3434 . 8vo., 277 pp. plus (8) pp. catalog, Former owner's inscription dated 1892 . Collectible-Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. 277p., (8)pp. publisher's ads at rear. Illustrated by Dan Beard. Bound in original olive green pictorial cloth accented in black, lettering stamped in gilt; a very good copy; internally clean and bright.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]. The American Claimant.. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Twain's comedy of mistaken identities with the publication date on both the title and copyright page. BAL 3434. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, frontispiece and 25 in-text illustrations by Dan Beard. In very good condition. Twain wrote The American Claimant with the help of phonographic dictation, making him the first author to do so. This was also (according to Twain) an attempt to write a book without mention of the weather, the first of its kind in fictitious literature (although the first sentence of the second paragraph references weather: "fine, breezy morning"). Indeed, all the weather is contained in an appendix, at the back of the book, which the reader is encouraged to turn to from time to time.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Grey-green cloth variant (no priority). Slight crease at the bottom of the front board, a very good copy with no other appreciable flaws. *BAL* 3434.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, BAL 3434, original unrestored olive-green cloth binding in very good plus condition. Slight rubbing to spine ends and tips. Twain's comedy of mistaken identities and multiple role switches was published first in various newspapers by the McClure Syndicate and later in the Idler magazine, in 12 numbers. He wrote the novel with the help of recently invented (by Edison) phonographic dictation (precursor of the Dictaphone), supposedly the first author to do so. The novel was also (according to Twain) an attempt to write a book without mention of the weather, again, the first of its kind in fictitious literature. Indeed, all the weather in The American Claimant is contained in an appendix, at the back of the book, which the reader is encouraged to turn to from time to time. With 23 B & W Illustrations by Daniel Beard. A handsome copy.
Seller: A Turn of the Page Books, Fishers, IN, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co., New York, 1892.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: The American Claimant by Mark Twain. First printing with publishing date on both the title-page and copyright page. Rebound in dark brown ¾ leather with brown pebble design marbled paper. As new binding. Paper labels. Publisher: Charles L. Webster & Co., New York, 1892. Exceptionally clean copy with gilding on top edge. Slight foxing to the half-title page. 277 pages including appendix in back. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #12-213. Price: $400. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel CLEMENS]. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co, New York, 1892.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: [LITERARY WORK]. TWAIN, Mark [Samuel CLEMENS]. The American Claimant, New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892. Dan BEARD, illustrator. Jenkins & McCowan, New York, printers. First edition. 8vo; xv, [i], 17-277, [1]pp + [8]pp publisher's ads; publisher's olive cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine, vignette of two men, a lion with a crown and an eagle stamped in black on front; gift inscription in neat ink on front pastedown dated "Christmas 1892;" fp and 23 additional b&w illustrations within the text; light shelf wear, small circular stain to rear board; near fine. BAL 3434. This is Mark Twain's humorous story of mistaken identities and the switched roles of an American citizen and a British aristocrat. "Mark Twain" was the nom-de-plume of the American novelist and humorist, Samuel Clemens (1835-1910). The illustrator, Daniel Carter Beard (1850-1941), was also known as "Uncle Dan." In 1905 he founded a boys' group called the Sons of Daniel Boone, which later merged with the Boy Scouts of America. He illustrated many books and publications, including St. Nicholas Magazine, and some written for boys including The American Boys' Handy Book.
Seller: Sandra L. Hoekstra Bookseller, Thomaston, ME, U.S.A.
[Clemens, Samuel L.]. The American Claimant, by Mark Twain. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. xvi, 17-277, [11] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 3434; McBride 134 Publisher's green cloth stamped in black and gilt. Bright, solid, fine copy xvi, 17-277, [11] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Gray green cloth. Corners a little bumped and a little rubbing, very good or better.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark.. THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT.. Charles L. Webster: NY, 1892.
Price: US$454.25 + shipping
Description: Illustr, 8 x 5.5, 277 + ads, vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT STAMPED SPINE, ALL EDGES GILT, MARBLED END PAPERS, FIRST ED. A beautiful copy.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co, New York, 1892.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. Light green cloth with gilt lettering and black and grey pictorial stamping. xv, 277pp, (8pp ads). Frontispiece, line drawings. Very good. Faint bit of edgewear -- but tight, clean and quite attractive. A handsome and bright first edition of this comic tale, with lovely illustrations by Dan Beard. And also, to quote Twain's intro, "the first attempt of the kind in fictitious literature" to "pull a book through without weather." BAL 3434.
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. The American Claimant. Charles Webster and Co., 1892.
Price: US$480.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good with minor edgewear, minor foxing, ills. by Dan Beard Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Twain, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Company, 1892.
Price: US$488.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The American Claimant Author: Mark Twain Publication: Charles L. Webster & Company, New York, New York Edition: First Edition, First Printing Binding: Hardcover Condition: Near Fine copy Description: First edition, first printing in Near Fine condition with many illustrations (see photos). From the extensive Mark Twain Collection at Allens Rare Books. 277pp. Store Description Welcome to Allens Rare Books. Each book in our inventory has been personally inspected, exhaustively described, and photographed to meet the standards of the discerning collector. We encourage prospective customers to contact us with any questions. Terms of Sale We accept all major credit cards via the AbeBooks Shopping Cart. Customers have 30 days to return a purchased volume(s) which do not meet their original description or are otherwise unsatisfactory. We are proud to offer free shipping on all standard (octavo) sized volumes. Shipping Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 lbs. or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know if extra shipping is required. Each order is packed with the utmost care to ensure safe arrival.
Seller: Allen's Rare Books, El Monte, CA, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. The American Claimant.. Charles L. Webster & Co, 1892.
Price: US$499.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1892 Mark Twain 1st ed American Claimant Samuel Clemens Illustrated FAMOUS Art Nothing breaks up an authors progress like having to stop every few pages to fuss-up the weather. Thus it is plain that persistent intrusions of weather are bad for both reader and author. Mark Twain, The American Claimant The American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. This comedy of mistaken identities is a classic tale of greener grass. According to Twain himself, No weather will be found in this book. This is an attempt to pull a book through without weather. This would be the first American fictional work to attempt to employ this method. Including the frontispiece, this example has 24 line-drawings by Dan Beard. This would be the second Twain novel to be illustrated by Beard, the first one being A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court (1889). Twain was so enamored by Beards artistry, that he gave him creative freedom to interpret the text as he pleased. Item number: #30602 Price: $499 TWAIN, Mark The American Claimant. New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892. First Edition Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o xv, [1], 17-277, [9] o 24 engravings References: BAL 3434 Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Decorative green cloth Size: ~8.25in X 5.75in (21cm x 15cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 30602 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavo. Bound in original olive green cloth, 277 pages and 8 pages of ads at rear. A brilliant copy.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co., New York, 1892.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good plus, first edition book, no dust jacket. In original olive-green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and pictorials stamped in black on front panel and spine. Many partial-page b&w drawn illustrations by Daniel Beard. Eight pages of ads at the back. Board panels are lightly soiled and scuffed with a few small stains. Spine is sunned, several scuffs along front and back spine folds. Upper edge at head of board spine has five tiny open tears and corners are rubbed through; lower edge at tail of spine is crimped and with horizontal split and corners frayed. All fore-edge corners are scuffed, the lower tips have small rub-throughs. External page edges are age-toned. Small amount of smudging on end papers. Light age-toning to text pages, else internally clean. No foxing. Text block is sound. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request. Except for the UK and Canada, international destinations may require alternative methods of delivery and will result in additional shipping costs.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster, 1892.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A near fine first edition with 1892 on the title page and no mention of later printings on the copyright page. Gold gilt on cover is bright and complete. With a Christmas gift inscription from two children to the mother on Christmas day, 1892, on the front free endpaper.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
[Clemens, Samuel L.]. The American Claimant, by Mark Twain. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. xvi, 17-277, [11] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 3434 Publisher's green cloth stamped in black and gilt. Bright, solid, fine copy xvi, 17-277, [11] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark.. The American Claimant.. Charles L. Webster & Co.,, New York:, 1892.
Price: US$841.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 277 + 8pp. of publisher's ads in rear. Beautifully bound in the original publisher's green pictorial cltoh with gilt lettering also on the spine. Illustrated throughout with twenty-three vignettes. A beautiful copy housed in a custom 1/2 polished maroon leather slip case lettered in gilt. Fine. Size: 8vo.
Seller: Quaker Hill Books, Redding, CT, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]. The American Claimant.. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Twain's comedy of mistaken identities with the publication date on both the title and copyright page. BAL 3434. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated. From the library of William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixonâs campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixonâs 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column âOn Languageâ in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death and authored two books on grammar and linguistics: The New Language of Politics (1968) and what Zimmer called Safireâs âmagnum opus,â Safireâs Political Dictionary. Safire later served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board from 1995 to 2004 and in 2006 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. From the library of William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixonâs campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixonâs 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column âOn Languageâ in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death and authored two books on grammar and linguistics: The New Language of Politics (1968) and what Zimmer called Safireâs âmagnum opus,â Safireâs Political Dictionary. Safire later served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board from 1995 to 2004 and in 2006 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. In very good condition with Safire's gilt initials to the front panel. Twain wrote The American Claimant with the help of phonographic dictation, making him the first author to do so. This was also (according to Twain) an attempt to write a book without mention of the weather, the first of its kind in fictitious literature (although the first sentence of the second paragraph references weather: "fine, breezy morning"). Indeed, all the weather is contained in an appendix, at the back of the book, which the reader is encouraged to turn to from time to time.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co., New York, 1892.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Small octavo. Pp. xv, [1], 17-277 plus 8 pp. of ads at rear. Frontis and 25 text illustrations by Dan Beard. Gray-green pictorial cloth stamped in black and gold. Some extremity rubbing, especially the spine ends but overall, a fine, clean and tight copy. First edition of Twain's comedy of mistaken identities and multiple role switches between British and American characters. Of particular interest is Twain's attempt to write a story without ever once mentioning weather, which is fully detailed both in a page of explanation at the beginning of the book and in the appendix. [BAL: 3434; Johnson: p. 53].
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark.. The American Claimant.. New York, Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892., 1892.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece and 23 b/w illustrations by Dan Beard. Original olive green pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt (minor wear to tips of corners). Fine. 277 pages + 8 pages of advertisements. No dust jacket. Enclosed in a 1/2 green morocco slipcase. Bookplate of collector John Stuart Groves on the front pastedown. BAL 3434.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co, New York, 1892.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, xv, [1], 17-277pp, [8pp ads]. Three-quarter red morocco, gilt-ruled border. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Matching marbled paper boards and endpapers. Same date printed on title page and copyright page, no additional printings listed. Solid text block, faint wear to corners, wear to rear hinge. Publisher's original green cloth spine and covers bound in at rear. Housed in a custom red cloth slipcase. (BAL 3434) An attractive example. From the collection of Mary Hopkins Searles (1818-1891), one of the richest women in the United States after the death of her husband, the owner of Central Pacific Railroad, Mark Hopkins Jr. The calling card of "Mrs. Mark Hopkins" is affixed to front endpaper.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. The American claimant. Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Description: No jacketWith frontispiece and 25 text illustrations. Publisher's decorated cloth; overall in perfect condition. First edition of Twain's comedy of mistaken identities and multiple role switches between British and American characters. Of particular interest is Twain's attempt to write a story without ever once mentioning weather, which is fully detailed both in a page of explanation before the book and in the appendix.
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.