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Price: US$24.95 + shipping
Description: 1st edition. 2nd state. Red cloth cover, scuffed. Small stains to rear cover. Spine sunned, & has chips to head. Slightly cocked. Front hinge cracked. One page loose. No DJ. Good.
Seller: Burm Booksellers, Beckley, WV, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, not first state. Red cloth, Gilt emblem on front board. Spine is dulled but clear. Else good. Contemporary signature in light ink on front endpaper.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1900. Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 398 pp., 8vo. Cloth hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first state with "page 2" on illustrated page after page 2. Gilt-stamped red cloth. Clemens' portrait frontispiece. The main story being a satirical replay of the Garden of Eden story. Also containing Twain's: About Play-Acting. At the Appetite-Cure, Travelling With A Reformer, My Boyhood Dreams & more. Slight soiling & shelfwear to boards. A good 1st edition reading example from a rural northern NH library with their bookplate and pocket, spine sunned and cocked, nice place keeper.
Seller: White Mountains, Rare Books and Maps, Lincoln, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 397pp. First edition of this collection. Includes How to Tell a Story, Travelling with a Reformer, Private History of the "Jumping Frog" Story, and much more. Spine faded; light spotting to covers, internally fine in light red cloth with gilt decoration.
Seller: Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$53.91 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1) How to Tell a Story, published as 1st edition by Harpers in 1899, pink/red cloth hard cover with much fading and most of gilt titles and decorations hard to decipher, and some discolouration of boards; 233 untrimmed and clean pages and 2 pages of advertisements at rear; only in fair condition. 2) The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg with a frontispiece by Lucius Hitchcock; 414 pages with 32 pages of advertisements at rear dated June 1990; worn and faded covers (see photograph) and this 1st edition published in 1890 is in fair to good condition.
Seller: McGonigles', Cerne Abbas, United Kingdom
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Mild fraying on cover corners. Author's National Edition Book shows common (average) signs of wear and use. Binding is still tight. Covers are intact but may be repaired. We have 75,000 books to choose from -- Ship within 24 hours -- Satisfaction Guaranteed!
Seller: Bank of Books, Ventura, CA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1900.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red cloth with circular gold emblem embossed back and (gold on) front, gold lettering on spine; corners firm; spine heavily toned but tight. Endpapers gently toned, with bookplate inside front. Pages clean & unmarked with frontispiece & 11 illustrations.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: The Second Reader Bookshop, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, [i-xii], [1]-398, frontispiece and 10 other plates inserted. In Poor condition. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt and blind stamps on covers. Boards show sunning to spine, chipping and fraying to spine edges, tearing to edges of joints, rubbing to corners exposing boards, bumping to corners, and mild edge wear and shelf wear. Textblock has front endpaper and second page detached, front interior hinge and forward gutters have heavy splitting, light age toning, and tape repair to gutters of plate after page 2. First State indicated by "page 2" on plate after page 2. Shelved Room A. BAL 3459. 1372578. Special Collections.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 398 pages, [2]. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's decorated red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Fading to cloth and text on spine. Minor rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners. Light scuffing and staining. Spine cocked. Bookplate to front pastedown. Previous owner's singature on second free endpaper. Two stamps reading "The remark I made to the poor stranger was" and "Go and reform, (Signed) Pinkerton" on verso of half title page. Age toning and scattered foxing throughout textblock. Shelved in Case 13. 1376243. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. First Edition, First Printing, First State.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An article/advertisement from a vintage journal and not the complete magazine ; Beautifully illustrated in color; 6 x 9; 25 pages; Please note: This is NOT A BOOK, but an article/ad from a vintage journal.
Seller: Hammonds Antiques & Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG; and other stories and essays. Harper, NY, 1900.
Price: US$67.00 + shipping
Description: State 2 with the plate opposit p. 2 not having the line "[page 2" and the leaves bulking 1-3/16". 8vo, pp. 398 + adv. Bound in gold stamped red cloth, spine little faded, a good tight copy. Ex-library copy with bookplates in the front and rear, rear hinge starting. BAL 3459.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First Edition, First State. Original red cloth. Dampstain on covers and initial 80 and last 100 pp., Fair.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Later state of first. Contents clean and tight. Binding shows very light soil. Spine and portion of back cover show some fading. Corners very slightly bumped. ; 8vo
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$96.26 + shipping
Description: [Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[vi]; 414; [32] advertisements (dated June 1900 as called for in Johnson). Publisher's yellow cloth lettered in gilt to spine and black to upper board, blocked in black and yellow to upper board, patterned endpapers, gilt top edge. Title page in red and black. Pictorial frontispiece. Light spotting to first few leaves, ownership inscription, slight worm damage to endpapers. Corners a little bumped, cloth rubbed, toning to spine, some marking to boards. Good. This book contains short stories by Twain, and initially appeared in Harper's Monthly in the US. It is written as a satirical replay of the Garden of Eden Bible story and features themes of dishonesty and temptation. It was made into a short TV film directed by Ralph Rosenblum in 1980. Johnson, Merle, A Bibliography of the Works of Mark Twain, rev. edn (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1935) p.71; and Blanck, Jacob, Bibliography of American Literature (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1955) 3460.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories and Essays". Published by Harper & Brothers in 1900. Measures 8" x 5-¼". First edition with matching years of 1900 on the title and copyright page, and with the plate opposite page 2 captioned: "[Page 2" (BAL 3459). Very good condition in the publisher's original gilt-stamped red cloth binding. The spine is slightly slanted and is sunned, with the spine lettering faded but legible. The rear hinge is cracked. Unmarked and in an otherwise sound binding. 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$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first state with "page 2" on illustrated page after page 2. Gilt-stamped red cloth. Clemens' portrait frontispiece. Very good with owner's decorative bookplate on front pastedown and faded inked name on front fly, spine faded and cocked.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated with twelve black and white plates. First printing ("[Page 2" caption beneath the illustration and above the quotation opposite page 2). Quite faded along the spine, small spot of soiling on front board, else very good in red cloth with gilt lettering and design. No dust jacket. Binding is solid. ; 398 pages B00MI45W90
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: BAL 3459. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. Spine very lightly faded. 366 pps. Gilt decorated hard cover. Red cloth. First edition, third state. Plate, with full caption, opposite page 2.
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This book was once owned by John Whitcomb Riley. His bookplate is affixed to the front paste-down inside the front cover. He has also inked his signature on the opposite endpaper. This copy is a true first edition - first state. Mr. Clemens portrait frontispiece retains it's protective tissue cover. Illustration sheet facing page 2 has the following: "[Page 2" in the lower right corner of the illustration. This work was bound in a red cloth with faded gilt lettering on the spine. Gilt embossed center illustration front cover, back cover repeats in blindstamp. Some light spotting, rubbing of covers; very little corner bumping or edge wear. Spine cover has sunned and darkened, light wear at head and foot. Upper edge of the text block has darkened. Text has yellowed slightly with age, but clean and binding solid. A nice copy with an interesting history. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1900.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain. First printing. (page 2 notation on caption of picture facing page 2). Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York, 1900. In Rebound in dark brown ¾ leather with brown pebble design marbled paper and binding in as new condition. Top edge gilded. With paper label. Book contents exceptionally clean.398 pages, ads in back. BAL 3459. A wonderful copy. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #12-214. Price: $400. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$454.25 + shipping
Description: Illustr; 7.75 x 5.25, 398 + ads, vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT STAMPED SPINE, ALL EDGES GILT, MARBLED END PAPERS. FIRST EDITION. Third State (1.25" bulk) A beautiful copy.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG and Other Stories and Essays. , 1900.
Price: US$525.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1900. 2 pp undated ads. Original red cloth with front cover monogram device in gilt. First Edition, first issue. The title story, one of Twain's darker themes, is "a parable about a smug all-American town whose citizens, never having been tempted, take pride in their honesty. A stranger sets in motion a test of their honor, and they fail" [MacDonnell]. The first issue, as here, has sheets bulking 1-1/16 inch and has "[page 2" on the plate facing page 2. Condition is fine except for some faint speckling of the (blank) rear cover; there is little of the fading of the spine that is typical for these red turn-of-the-century Twain titles. This first edition (bearing the date 1900 on the FRONT of the title leaf) is curiously scarce. McBride p. 200; Blanck 3459.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG and Other Stories and Essays. , 1900.
Price: US$725.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1900. 2 pp undated ads. Original red cloth with front cover monogram device in gilt. First Edition, first issue. The title story, one of Twain's darker themes, is "a parable about a smug all-American town whose citizens, never having been tempted, take pride in their honesty. A stranger sets in motion a test of their honor, and they fail" [MacDonnell]. The first issue, as here, has sheets bulking 1-1/16 inch and has "[page 2" on the plate facing page 2. Condition is fine except for one little nick in the rear cover fore-edge; there is scarcely any of the fading of the spine that is typical for these red turn-of-the-century Twain titles. There is an endpaper signature dated August 1900, two months after publication -- in Des Moines, tying in with the ears of corn in the binding monogram. This first edition (bearing the date 1900 on the FRONT of the title leaf) is curiously scarce. McBride p. 200; Blanck 3459.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.