Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Description: Periodical. Large 8vo, pp. from 822-978, plus many pages of ads. Paper wraps. Illustrated with photos and drawings; one color plate opposite title. Cover chipped and somewhat worn, some slight chipping on interior pages, o/w VG. Cover frontis by Howard Pyle. Includes two articles on Mark Twain, two travel pieces, many stories, a discussion of Shakespeare's "King Henry V," among other items. Lots of interesting adverts.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Condition: ex-library copy with an especially unattractive contact paper redo over the library binding. Although there are a few library markings and some light wear, this is a good, tight copy of a work not frequently seen. Twain at his conversational best. Illustrated with two photographs. 150 pages.
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Is Shakespeare Dead?. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, NY, 1909.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 150 pages, 8vo. No DJ. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering along spine and front cover. Two pages of b&w plates at front of volume depicting statues of William Shakespeare and Francis Bacon. Published April 1909; "epuipped" on page 55, line 5; gilt top page edge. Shelfwear: light rubbing along edges and cloth board covers, light tanning along page edges, some light bumping at corners. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Very Good-plus condition.
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Is Shakespeare Dead? From My Autobiography. Harpers, New York, 1909.
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 149 pp., 2 photos & ads for Greenwood books at back, 8vo original green cloth, top edge gilt, deckle edges. witty and humourous discussion of Bacon having written much of Shakespeare; this copy in excellent condition with pleasing broad margin layout Size: 8vo
Seller: Appleford Bookroom, Abingdon, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.57 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 21,5 x 13,5 cm. 149 pp. *BAL 3509c. First edition, later print. "epuipped" on page 55, line 5. - With the stamp "Printed in U.S. of America" on the copyright page. This later issue of the first edition was an export edition intended for sale in the U.K. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 800
Seller: Antiquariat Braun, Gengenbach, Germany
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Green cloth boards are scuffed, rubbed and chipping at spinetips. Front inside hinge is weak. Tiny amount of pencil marks in text, binding sound. Illustrations of Shakespeare and Bacon prior to title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Is Shakespeare Dead. Harper, 1909.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York, second issue of first edition, tipped in leaf
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Mark Twain. Is Shakespeare Dead? From My Autobiography. Harper & Brothers, New York & London, 1909.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Published April, 1909"; "Copyright, 1909, by Mark Twain Company" (cited from reverse of title page); ex-library copy; first free end page removed; dark green cloth covers with bright gilt cover title (which adds three additional large question marks to the title); gilt spine lettering; some beige-white discolorations to spine and cover edges (apparently from paste used for the library shelf label); spine ends bumped (spine tail particularly so); corners bumped; p. 55 has the "p" for "q" typo; hence a first printing of the first edition; frontispiece photos of sculptures of Shakespeare and Bacon; hinges firm, and gutter paper uncracked; top page ends gilt; side and bottom page ends deckled; text pages age-toned, clean, square, and unmarked.
Seller: JP Books, Bradford, VT, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Is Shakespeare Dead ? ? ?. Harper, New York, 1909.
Price: US$53.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An ex Cork library copy edge worn a few marks inside otherwise a good first edition copy.150pp.
Seller: VANESSA PARKER RARE BOOKS, Westport, MAYO, Ireland
. Mark Twain Ad Canada Marathon Craze Harper's 1909 J.M. Flagg issue. , 1909.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization.(Old Periodicals, 20th Century Newspapers, Americana, Harper's Weekly, Illustrated Newspapers, Mark Twain, Canada, Marathons, centerfold by James Montgomery Flagg). Issued May 1st, 1909, New York, by Harper & Brothers. An actual piece of American history issued in the early years of the 20th century. Filled with commentary and images, issued contemporary to the events. Original early 20th century weekly newspaper. An actual, complete newspaper published at the date listed, not a modern re-issue. During this period, this journal was a major, influential national publication. Paper uniformly age toned as typical, some pages loose. Issue was once bound up in a volume and is now free-standing and complete unto itself as originally issued. Nice looking, clean, well preserved example, pages loosened, any age flaws easy to overlook or forgive. Text on reverse of each page as always, images and maps from Harper's like this are often offered separately for display. Newspaper measures c. 16" H x 11" W. Periodical will be shipped gently rolled in a sturdy 3" wide tube to ensure it arrives safely to you! Multiple issues purchased at the same time will be shipped flat.[B10021]. The front page of this issue has a photo of "The Man Who Raised the Price of Bread."This issue has a photo of "A Star in the Making" which is of Miss Helen Ware, and there is an article of called "How Canada Started the Marathon Craze" by William Hemmingway. There are also illustrations of two women in "Water-Color as a Portrait Painter's Medium" by Elizabeth Baker and there is a full page illustration of "How the Spring Turns One's Head" by C. Clyde Squires and much more including an ad for Mark Twain's "Is Shakespeare Dead?"Other advertisements of the day are included as well, helping to portray life at the turn of the century.
Seller: RareMapsandBooks, Dover, NH, U.S.A.
. John Bull Dreadnought Bridge Construction Harper's newspaper 1909 complete issue. , 1909.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization.(Old Periodicals, 20th Century Newspapers, Americana, Harper's Weekly, Illustrated Newspapers, John Bull, Political Cartoons, Dreadnoughts, Bridge Construction, Mark Twain). Issued April 24th, 1909, New York, by Harper & Brothers. An actual piece of American history issued in the early years of the 20th century. Filled with commentary and images, issued contemporary to the events. Original early 20th century weekly newspaper. An actual, complete newspaper published at the date listed, not a modern re-issue. During this period, this journal was a major, influential national publication. Paper uniformly age toned as typical, some pages loose. Issue was once bound up in a volume and is now free-standing and complete unto itself as originally issued. Nice looking, old repairs to edge tears, still a well preserved example, some pages loosened, any age flaws easy to overlook or forgive. Text on reverse of each page as always, images and maps from Harper's like this are often offered separately for display. Newspaper measures c. 16" H x 11" W. Periodical will be shipped gently rolled in a sturdy 3" wide tube to ensure it arrives safely to you! Multiple issues purchased at the same time will be shipped flat.[B10023]. The front page of this issue has an illustration of "'Dreadnought" by W. A. Rogers. This issue has photos of "Travels With an Ex-President"; a photo of "Mrs. T. Suffern Tailer, of New York" and "A King of the Ring." There is also a double page illustration by Kemble called "Uncle Sam: 'Say, You Old Birds, Stop Your Scrapping and Finish Up That Job, I'm Badly in Need of that Particular Article.' " and a full page illustration of "The Social Whirl" by J. N. Howitt and there are photos of "The Aeronautics of Bridge-Building." There is an ad for "Is Shakespeare Dead?" by Mark Twain plus much more. Other advertisements of the day are included as well, helping to portray life at the turn of the century.
Seller: RareMapsandBooks, Dover, NH, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Is Shakespeare Dead?. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1909.
Price: US$74.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Some small spots on covers.; 8vo; 150 pages
Seller: Curious Book Shop, East Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Is Shakespeare Dead? From my Autobiography. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1909.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 150p octavo. A good copy in green cloth, top edge gilt. Spine darkened, minor wear to extremities. Front inner hinge beginning to crack but holding. Three blank pages at end have been inked by previous owner who appears to have copied several excerpt from J. M. Robertson's "The Baconian Heresy" a scholarly work on the Bacon'Shakespeare controversy.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Twain Mark. Is Shakespeare Dead ? ? ? ? ::. Harper & Brothers.1909 first edition., 1909.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Green cloth hard cover.8Vo 149 PP pages.near fine copy. scarce.
Seller: The Compulsive Collector, New York NY, NY, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Is Shakespeare Dead? - From My Autobiography. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1909.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 149 pages; 1909 Harper & Brothers. HC 1st edition, mixed 1st/2nd state. Soundly bound in original ribbed green cloth with titles brightly in gilt to cover and spine. Double frontis portraits of Bacon and Shakespeare at front. No Greenwood ad at rear; "epuipped" uncorrected on pg 55. "Publisher's Note" leaf is tipped in following the title page. Cloth lightly crimped and rubbed at spine ends with trace shelf rubbing at corner tips. Solid, bright and clean. 1st edition, early state. VG+
Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1909. First Edition. Cloth (Hrdcvr). Reference: BAL 3509 . 8vo., 150 pp., corners bumped, edges frayed, owner's inscription .
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$86.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 149 p., [2] leaves of plates : 2 ports. ; 22 cm. BAL 3509 (Issue C)
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$86.00 + shipping
Description: 150 p., [2] leaves of plates BAL 3509 Very good condition, rebound in 3/4 morocco, hinges rubbe. Original green cloth covers bound in at end.
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Is Shakespeare Dead??. Harper & Brothers, 1909.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bookplate to front pastedown. Darkening to corners of three pages from bookmark. Boards are bright and fresh. Hardcover.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition (12), 150 pp., Frontispiece illustrations of Shakespeare and Francis Bacon. First imprint April 1909 of first edition. Green cloth over board, gilt titles, top edge gilt. Fine, no dust jacket.
Seller: Book Stage, Stratford, ON, Canada
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Issue C. Octavo. Original green cloth over boards, gilt lettering at front cover and spine, gilt top edge. Near fine, spine ends and corners very lightly worn, pages very slightly agetoned.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD? From My Autobiography. Harper & Bros.: NY, 1909.
Price: US$109.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Frontis portraits of Shakespeare and Bacon, 8.5 x 5.25", gilt-lettered green cloth, 150pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, some old waterstaining on rear cover, pp toned with some finger soiling. FIRST EDITION (no tipped-in leaf).
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
[CLEMENS, Samuel L.]. Is Shakespeare Dead? From My Autobigraphy. , 1909.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: [CLEMENS, Samuel L.]. Is Shakespeare Dead? From My Autobigraphy. [by] Mark Twain. Original cloth, T.e.g., housed in custom cloth slipcase. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. First edition, State B with inserted leaf referring to Greenwood's The Shakespeare Problem. BAL 3509. Rear inner hinge just starting, faint speckling to foot of cloth, else a very good copy.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Is Shakespeare dead? : from my autobiography. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1909.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 149 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates. Publisher's green cloth binding sturdy, light wear to extremities; front inner hinge cracked, contents unmarked and attractive. The first issue, with neither a note from publisher preceding text nor an advertisement following; top edge gilt; images of Shakespeare and Bacon preceding title page; "epuipped" for "equipped" on page 55. 440 grams.
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark.. Is Shakespeare Dead?. N.Y:Harper Brothers. 1909. Hardcover., 1909.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Description: 1st. ed. Green cloth with a long note on the inside cover stating v.g.binding used. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.
Seller: Frederick Bayoff Literary Books, Adrian, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardback first edition/first state in green cloth with gilt-lettered covers.149 numbered pages; published April, 1909 on copyright page; "epuipped" on page 55 (line 5) ; no ads in back; top edge gilt; two-page frontis of Shakespeare and Bacon. Light to moderate cover shelfwear, mainly at spine ends; pronounced spine slant; previous owner's name and 1909 date on front pastedown; cracked but holding after first two blank endpapers; contents tight, clean. No DJ. Not library discard. ;
Seller: Nelson & Nelson, Booksellers, Trenton, SC, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens). Is Shakespeare Dead. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1909.
Price: US$128.75 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD? From My Autobiography. Harper & Brothers, 1909.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Reed Books The Museum of Fond Memories, Birmingham, AL, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. Is Shakespeare Dead? From My Autobiography. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1909.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Green cloth gilt. Small hole in front gutter, else a bright and near fine copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD ???. Harper, 1909.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Large 8vo, gilt lettering on front and spine, 2pp of busts of Shakespeare and Bacon in front, no ads & misspelling of equipped on page 55,abt fine with slight rubbing at tips.vv3/4
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Is Shakespeare Dead?: From My Autobiography. Harper & Brothers, 1909.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Green cloth over boards. Corners bumped with some wear. Bright gilt on front board, spine gilt a little faded. Bottom of spine pulled an some discoloration and wear on spine. Endpapers are a little foxed. Remnants of DJ flaps on pastedowns. Top edge gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. BAL 3509: First issue without the publisher's note or ads about Greenwood. B/W frontis of Shakespeare and Bacon.
Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, [i-vi], 1-[150] pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering. Boards have bending to spine edges and mild edge wear and shelf wear. Textblock has sticker on front pastedown and light age toning. State C indicated by Greenwood advertisement in rear. Shelved Room A. 1372606. Special Collections.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 150 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Minor shelf wear. Scuffing to rear board. Minor fraying to cloth on spine and corners. Top edge of textblock gilt. Age-toning to interior pages. Frontispieces of Shakespeare and Francis Bacon inserted. Pages 3-10 uncut at fore edge, with every other gathering uncut at bottom edge. Shelved in Case 13. BAL 3509. 1376200. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 12mo. End paper; fly leaf; picture of Shakespear inserted; picture of Francis Bacon inserted; title page with copyright notice and publisher's list on verso; half-title with verso blank; text 1-[150]p.; leaf of advertisements; two fly leaves; end paper. Green cloth with gilt stamping on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Deckle edges. This is the New York isse with all the pertinent points noted by Merle Johnson : the addition of "Printed in the U.S. of America" rubber-stamped at the bottom of the copyright page; a typographical error at line 5, p. 55, "epuipped" for "equipped"; a leaf of advertisements inserted after the text for THE SHAKESPEARE PROBLEM RESTATED by George G. Greenwood, M.P., and IN RE SHAKESPEARE PROBLEM, by the same author. "Most of the copies [of the New York issue] destined for England were recalled and after the final leaf of text there was inserted a leaf of advertisements for THE SHAKESPEARE PROBLEM. (Johnson, p. 91). Very minor wear to extremities, spine gilt only slightly dulled; cover gilt bright, top edge gilt only slightly dulled, a small ding to each of covers, else to near fine with no internal markings. No dust jacket,
Seller: Live Oak Booksellers, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Is Shakespeare Dead?. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1909.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo. Pp. 150. First printing, with misprint on p. 155. Glued to both front endpapers is a newspaper article from the New York Times of June 10, 1909, recounting an accusation of plagiarism leveled at Twain. He borrowed text from a book published in England by John Lane, without crediting the author. A lengthy letter from John Lane himself (" I am not a humourist, and I fail to see the point of Mark Twain's latest joke. Good taste limits the boundaries of humour in this country.") The result was that the book could not be published in England until credit was printed in it. A very good to near fine copy in green ribbed cloth boards, titled in gilt. T.e.g. Rubbing to extremities and small spot to front cover; the endpapers are toned by contact with the newspaper clipping.
Seller: Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Issue. A Fine copy in dark green vertically striated cloth stamped in bright gilt at spine and on front cover, top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. Tiny blemishes to front pastedown. 150pp. Beautiful copy, lacking the dustwrapper. Q03768
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. [4], 1-149, [1], [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [4] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine; top edge gilt. With a two-page frontispiece, featuring photographs of the statues of William Shakespeare and Sir Francis Bacon. BAL 3509c. McBride 223. With the inserted leaf for John Lane and the Bodley Head, and with the stamp "Printed in U.S. of America" on the copyright page. This later issue of the first edition was an export edition intended for sale in the U.K. A very clean and bright copy. The leaves show a faint trace of foxing.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark.. Is Shakespeare Dead ? ? ? ?. Harper & Brothers,, New York & London:, 1909.
Price: US$324.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Portraits of Bacon and Shakespeare as frontispieces. A bright, clean copy with only some minor soiling to bottom of front cover. Previous owner's library bookplate inside front cover. Housed in a 1/2 maroon polished leather custom slip case lettered in gold. Size: 8vo.
Seller: Quaker Hill Books, Redding, CT, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. Is Shakespeare Dead? From My Autobiography. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1909.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, second state with publisher's note bound in, no advertisements in rear. Frontispiece portraits of William Shakespeare and Francis Bacon on coated paper. Green cloth gilt, topedge gilt. Cloth lightly worn on edges with spine ends and corners lightly bumped, very good in the scarce albeit good only dampstained dust jacket with some loss of the spine ends, extremities chipped and torn.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$440.00 + shipping
Description: BAL 3509. Johnson p. 90. Frontispiece portraits of William Shakespeare and Francis Bacon on coated paper. Without insertions. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. [6], 149 [1] pages. Hard cover, green cloth over boards, spine and front cover stamped in gold, top edge gilt.
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. Is Shakespeare Dead. Harper, New York, 1909.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Portrait frontispieces of Shakespeare & Bacon. 8vo, full green morocco, original green cloth binding bound in. New York: Harper, 1909. First Edition. Near Fine. Lovely copy in the earliest state, without the inserted leaf advertising George Greenwood's book on the Shakespeare problem. BAL 5309.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover first edition - First edition. A discussion, written with Twain's usual humor, of the Shakespeare-Bacon controversy (leading to his conclusion that Bacon must have written the major plays). The second issue with the publisher's note bound in after the title page, but without the ads in the rear. 150 pp. Very good in the original green cloth (previous owner's name dated in 1913) in a rather edgeworn but uncommon example of the printed dust jacket.
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 149 pages with two frontispiece plates. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover and gilt head page ends in original jacket. (McBride page 233; Blanck:3509; Firsts volume 8, number 7/8 page 7) First American edition, second state with the publisher's note bound in after the title page. Twain was sincerely on the side of the Baconians in the Shakespeare-Bacon Controversy and he explains why in this essay. It also contains revealing autobiographical passages, and so is not without interest. Harper & Brothers was not eager to publish this volume, but they prepared a large edition, the size of which is unknown. Condition: Slight bump ant front edge with the Greenwood reference tipped in. Jacket chipped at edges with some loss to spine ends. Jacket first state. Slight bump ant front edge with the Greenwood reference tipped in. Jacket professionally restored by Octavaye Studios. A very good to fine copy with a very good but scarce jacket.
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.