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(TWAIN, Mark). An Encounter with an Interviewer" in Lotos Leaves. William F. Gill, Boston, 1875.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first appearance of this Twain story. Welch-Bigelow device on copyright page; decorated brown cloth. Moderate foxing; hinges cracked; 1/2" open tear at spine base. A good copy. Heavy: extra postage may apply.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$231.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, second state, with Rockwell & Churchill device on copyright page (BAL 3363). Front and end matter and a couple plates foxed, front hinge just beginning to weaken. 1875 Hard Cover. xv, 411 pp. Original green cloth, gilt and black titles and decorations, all edges gilt, 19 engravings, 31 illustrations. Includes first appearance of Mark Twain's 'An Encounter with an Interviewer' as well as contributions by: Whitelaw Reid, Wilkie Collins, Mark Twain, John Hay, John Brougham, Noah Brooks, P.V. Nasby, I.H. Bromley, John Elderkin, Thomas W. Knox, W.J. Florence, Chandos Fulton, J. Henry Hagar, Champion Bissell, J.B. Bouton, W.S. Andrews, Gilbert Burling, Chas. I. Pardee, M.D., C. McK. Leoser, Hon. R.B. Roosevelt, William F. Gill, C. Florio, C.E.L., Holmes, Charles Gayler, James Pech, Mus. Doc., H.S. Olcott, Edward Greey, J. Brander Matthews, and Alfred Tennyson.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine, bright, inside and out. A lovely copy. Alas, lacking the final plate, apparently never bound in. First appearance of Mark Twain's "An Encounter with an Interviewer" pp 27-32. Decorated brown cloth, large 8vo 1st ed., 1st printing (with Welch, Bigelow device). BAL 3363.
Seller: Blue Whale Books, ABAA, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Octavo. xv, [1], 411 pages, [1]. Illustrated. Complete. Brown illustrated cloth hardcover. Gilt edges. Front hinge cracked with a glue repair. Rear hinge appears repaired. Binding is lightly shaken with scattered small cracks in the gutters of the text. No loose pages. Edge wear to the cloth boards. Contents very clean. Several contributions to this thick octavo including a biography of Edgar Alan Poe by Rufus Griswold and article by Mark Twain titled "Encounter with An Interviewer". "Welch, Biegelow Co. University Press" stamped on the copyright page. BAL 3363.
Seller: Americana Books, ABAA, Stone Mt, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First state with Welch, Bigelow Co. University Press device on copyright page. Extensively decorated full leather boards with gilt and brown imprint. Leather is scuffed with rubbed edges and bumped corners. Spine shaken. Marbled endpapers with some cracking at hinges, all edges gilt with a few scuffs and light soil. Endpapers and a few text pages have light soil, small tears, and light shadows from tissue over plates. This book, a product of the members of the literary Lotos Club, which took its name from Alfred Tennyson's poem "The Lotos Eaters," contains the first appearance of member Mark Twain's short story " An Encounter with an Interviewer." BAL 3363. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 411 pp
Seller: Back of Beyond Books, Moab, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: The leatherbound edition, containing the first appearance of Mark Twain's story "An Encounter with the Interviewer" [BAL 3363]. This printing is the Welch, Bigelow with the printer's device on the copyright page; it is the first of two printings noted in the BAL. A beautiful copy in full brown morocco with elaborate blocking in blind, and the lotos leaves decoration blocked in gold; raised bands with decorations in blind, and titling in gold; dentelles; all edges gilt. (BAL 3363). Near Fine binding.
Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$320.82 + shipping
Description: , ix 1-401 pages, contains 15 black and white plates and smaller black and white illustrations throughout, includes works by Mark Twain, John Brougham, Wilkie Collins, William F.Gill, Robert R. Roosevelt First UK Edition , contains book plate from the private library of H. W. Fincham, spine, corners and edges lightly rubbed, spine sunned slightly, front hinge starting to crack, light foxing within however textblock mostly clean, very good condition , green cloth with gilt titles and illustration to front and spine, full gilt edges , octavo, 25 x 18.5 cm Hardback ISBN:
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
Price: US$399.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 'LOTOS LEAVES Original STORIES, ESSAYS, AND POEMS,' with and Multiple Authors/Contributors including Mark Twain, non-member Alfred Tennyson, etc. 1875 WILLIAM F. GILL & CO BOSTON. ENTERED LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 1874 B A L 3363. ILLUSTRATED. GILL & CO BOSTON. BACK-END PAGE IN PENCIL; "FIRST ISSUE CLUB BINDING". The book was compiled on behalf of the Lotos Club, a gentleman s club in New York City whose membership included Mark Twain and other notable Authors and Scholars of the day. Contributions written by club members. Included is is Twain s short story, 'An Encounter with an Interviewer', Wilkie Collins 'A Fatal Fortune', non-member Alfred Tennyson's Poem 'The Lotos-Eaters' and Lotos Leaves editor, William Fearing Gill s lengthy essay; 'Edgar A. Poe and his Biographer, Rufus W. Griswold'. The volume is dedicated to Tennyson whose poem 'The Lotos-Eaters' inspired the name of the club. 3-COLOR BROWN BOARDS, GILT TO COVER/SPINE, EMBOSSED BACKBOARD, GILT PAGE EDGES, FEP title detached. 411pp. Free domestic US shipping with Insurance. Oversized Books, Framed Art, Posters/Prints and International Packages cost of Shipping with Insurance To Be Determined. When paying with a credit card, AbeBooks External payment service fee will be requested for this item. The ipi House Archive Shop also allows payment by other methods; PayPal, etc. Thank you.
Seller: The ipi House Archive Shop, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$494.06 + shipping
Description: Half title, front., illus. Orig. olive green cloth; a little rubbed. Not referred to by Gasson. A story of love and lunacy, attacking the Lunacy Acts, based on a real case 'which actually occurred in England some eight years since.' The Lotos Club was founded in the 1870s as a private members club; its members included Collins and Mark Twain - the latter contributed 'An encounter with an interviewer' to this volume. This volume was also published in the USA at Boston by W.F. Gill. Collins's speech at the Lotos Club is included in a volume published in 1901.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: [Mark Twain]. Lotos Leaves edited by John Brougham and John Elderkin. First edition, first issue in original beveled boards in green cloth, black lettering, gold ornamentation. Publisher: William F. Gill, Boston, 1875. First issue with Welch, Bigelow, Co., University Press device on the copyright page. This Mark Twain's first appearance of Encounter With An Interviewer. Binding is in near fine condition. Contents clean. All fore edge pages gilded in gold. 411 pages. BAL 3363. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #C-128. Price: $500. Language: eng
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first state, with Welch, Bigelow Co.-University Press device on copyright page. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates. 411 pp. 1 vols. Square 8vo. This is the first appearance of Samuel Clemens's "An Encounter with an Interviewer". Ornately decorated blind-stamped morocco with gilt, a.e.g. Faint gift inscription, ridges of spine and hinges rubbed, lower hinge starting, overall a very nice copy Illustrated throughout with numerous plates. 411 pp. 1 vols. Square 8vo First edition, first state, with Welch, Bigelow Co.-University Press device on copyright page.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.