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Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Description: pp. (6), 17-320 [BAL coll. i-vii, 17(sic)-320]. Illustrated. Lacks front and rear end papers. Inked ownership on title. Dampstain. Well worn and read. XLib signs removed. 8vo. Rebound in full green cloth binding with spine leather label. Very worn. Probably the publisher's later edition. HUMOR 7 0.0
Seller: FAMILY ALBUM, Kinzers, PA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. The American Pub. Co., Hartford, 1875.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 320 pp.; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight; a.e. tanned, PO bookplate and stamp ep. Cover: disbound leather (all parts present), gilt titles to spineblock. Not first state, but early. Rebind copy.
Seller: Independent Books, Long Beach, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Short stories. First edition, second state. Covers rubbed and worn, corners and spine ends bumped and frayed, spine darkened, big chip from bottom. Bookplate inside the front cover with scars from previously removed bookplate, gift inscription on the first endpaper, that endpaper badly torn and chipped, other ink owner names in the preliminary pages. Newsprint Twain speech pasted to the rear endpaper, staining the last page of the text. Binding tight, hinges good.
Seller: R Bryan Old Books, Sewell, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 320 pages. First edition, second state: footnote not repeated on p. 120 from p. 119, no 11-line addition on p. 299. Original cloth, gilt, worn at head and foot of spine and at corners and edges of boards; inner hinges cracked but holding, smudges and soiling to blank endpapers, contents good. 940 grams.
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. The American Publishing Company, 1875.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second state of first edition. American Publishing Co., 1875; no later printings indicated; 320pp. BAL3364. Blue cloth binding, stamped black and gilt titling/decoration. Binding is sturdy and fully intact; moderate amount of wear to edges, cloth split over gently bumped corners and frayed at head and foot of spine, gilt titling remains bright and bold on front board, dulled and lightly rubbed on spine, still remains clearly legible; faint soiling to front board, light rubbing to rear board; illustrations and text very good throughout. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. The American Publishing Company, 1875.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue cloth over boards. Worn to boards on edges and corners. Gilt lettering on front board and spine. Some loss and fraying on spine. Binding shaken, light peach endpapers are split. Binding shaken. Damp stained on bottom edge starting around page 180 and grows. Some marginal soiling. Footnote on page 19; Footnote not repeated on page 20; page 299 From Hospital Days not present. Mixed state first edition.
Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 347 pages, complete. Fifty black and white illustrations, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. There is some edge and corner wear and wear at the top and bottom of the spine. Slight rubbing to the covers. A clipped biographical newspaper article about the author is laid in the back. Artemus Ward is the pseudonym of Charles Farrar Browne (1834-1862). Browne was a writer, humorist, and is considered the first stand-up comedian in the United States. Browne was also apparently the favorite author of President Abraham Lincoln. Before Lincoln read the "Emancipation Proclamation" to his Cabinet, he read one of Browne's stories, High-Handed Outrage at Utica. Browne's on-stage character was "Artemus Ward," an incompetent man with "Yankee common sense." Melville D. Landon (1839-1910) was an American writer, humorist, journalist, and lecturer. Landon wrote under the pen name of "Eli Perkins." This edition is referenced in the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL) as no. 11212 under the "London" section. In another volume of BAL under the "Artemus Ward" section, only a reprint, the 1887 Dillingham imprint, is listed as no. 1361.
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$77.01 + shipping
Description: First edition, second state, square 8vo. (218x174mm), pp: [viii]+17-320, complete, frontispiece & profusely illustrated throughout, previous owner inscription in pencil to front free endpaper, pink endpapers repaired, chipped to margins, dampstained to frontispiece, title page & preliminary leaves, at some time rebound with new endpapers, in full polished tan calf, spine with double rule blind stamped & lettered with title & author in brown, sound & tight with obvious defects.
Seller: Offa's Dyke Books, LUDLOW, SALOP, United Kingdom
Mark Twain. Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. 1st HC 1875. American Publishing Co, 1875.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. BAL 3364, second state. REBOUND in red textured cloth, title on spine in gilt. Edges rubbed, else good+. Front endpaper is chipped at top where someone has torn former owner's signature. One ink mark on fep. Another thumbsized chip at the top of p. 143, does not affect text. Text is else g-vg. Signature of former on a free front endpaper: "W. A. Jones Argus ('a cue?)". Possibly Waring Jones copy. Perhaps the most readable of Twain's works. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark.. Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old.. The American Publishing Company, Hartford, 1875.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 320 pp. Square 8vo, publisher's blue cloth stamped in black and gold. First edition; second state. BAL 3364, state 2. Faint old owner's signature at head of title page; same owners 19th c. bookplate on pastedown; neat tissue repairs to (inner) hinges; cloth rubbed and a little frayed at extremities; spine slightly tanned.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 320 p. 23 cm. Many b&w line drawings. Blue cloth hardcover with gold and blank impression. Edges and corners worn, tears in top of spine. Some yellowing of pages. Pencil signature from 1876 on a front endpaper. Many pages at front of book stained on bottom half near edge. A few other stains throughout text. A collection of Twain's stories and essays, previously published in various newspapers and magazines. Illustrated by artist True Williams, who became famous for illustrating Twain's books. All the stories are fictional except for "The Case of George Fisher." The best known may be "Cannibalism in the Cars" which tells the darkly humorous tale of apparent acts of cannibalism from the point of view of a congressman on a snowbound train. It indirectly satirises the American political system in a dark manner only Twain could assume.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. Hartford The American Publishing Company, 1875.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second state. 8vo. 320 pages. Illustrated. The book has been professionally repaired with old cloth adhered to new covers. Foxing.
Seller: Jeff Jeremias Fine Arts, RMABA, Aurora, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 320 pages. In Good condition. Bound in blue cloth with gilt panel outlining blue lettering and gilt and black stamped decorations. Gilt textblock. Boards have fraying to spine edges, boards exposed at corners, bumping to corners, and mild shelf wear. Textblock has heavy splitting to interior hinges and large sticker on front pastedown. Shelved Case 13. 1376402. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark.. Sketches Old and New.. American Publishing company., Hartford., 1875.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: weight: 2.1 lb. Good plus, moderate spotting and wear to covers, a few pages have a dark spot on the upper margin. Numerous illustrations in text. 8vo., 22.5x17 cm. 320 pp Blue cloth, gilt and black decorations. First edition, second state with no ?Hospital Days? on page 299.
Seller: Zephyr Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$147.80 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: (First edition, second state)Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by SAMUEL L.CLEMENS. Blue cloth stamped black/gold illus.and title. With frontis.and many b/w illus. 320pp. Wholly worn. Boards rubbed and faded. Edges, e.ps.and pages foxing. A spot on fore edge. Front e.p.worn and its hinges loosened. A bookshop label pasted on front e.p.(partly missing). Title page sl.stained. Margin of many pages stained. 22.5x18cm. From the library of Shunsuke Kamei. [f1375-171483]
Seller: Ogawa Tosho,Ltd. ABAJ, ILAB, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO, Japan
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 320 pp., illus. Humorous tales and sketches, some fantastic and one interplanetary ("A Curious Excursion"). Second state. Very good in blue decorative boards, all edges gilt, spine somewhat slanted, some wear to corners and spine ends, prev. owner's signature on front end paper, in protective clear mylar jacket. Provenance: John Ruyle.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
TWAIN, MARK.. Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1875, 1875.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; second state. Publisher's green half-morocco; minor rubbing; very good. Usually found in cloth, this is an uncommon binding. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Condition: Good. 1st edition, Blanck's 2nd state, with the footnote on p. 119 not repeated on p. 120, and without the "Hospital Days" skit on p. 299. 8vo. size, 320 pp. Blue buckram cloth with a carnivalesque full-cover design stamped in black and gold, professionally rebacked in blue morocco with 4 raised bands, all compartments gilt, in a fashion handsomely complimenting the original cover design. With frontispiece and in-text black and white etchings and drawings throughout. The boards have some soiling and rubbing, there is some bottom shelfwear and some light corner and edgewear, the corners are very slightly bowed, the edges are dusty, and the text is moderately stained and foxed. However, the spine is unmarred and the binding is still square and tight. A solid copy handsomely rebacked.
Seller: Aesthete's Eye Books, West Jordan, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1875. Early printing. BAL 3364. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Spine ends frayed. Hinges fine, no foxing. 320 pages. 6616
Seller: BookScene, Hull, MA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Sketches New and Old. American Publishing Co, Hartford, 1875.
Price: US$199.99 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Blue cloth stamped in black and gilt. First edition, first state. Has footnotes pages 119 and 120; "From Hospital Days" p. 299 with erratum slip. Spine ends/edges/points frayed, spine ends with shallow losses. Cloth is stained and mildly insected. PO inscription, hinges cracked. Dampstain to leading edge of textblock margins. Textblock separated mid volume. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. MARK TWAIN'S SKETCHES, NEW AND OLD. American Publishing Co., 1875.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 320 pp; First edition, first state. Footnotes repeated pp 119 to 120. Front board is detached from text block but still attached to backstrip, top half of backstrip is missing. Binding is broken in the middle. Boards are edge worn and slightly soiled, pages are slightly toned.
Seller: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company. G/No Dustjacket. 1875. State 2. Cloth. BAL 3364 . 8vo., 320 pp., cover rubbed, stained, frayed, pages yellowing, hinges weak .
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 320pp. Blue publisher's cloth stamped with gilt lettering and black decoration. First Edition, Second State. Spine ends and corners lightly jworn, spine slightly darkened, small crack to front endpaper. Binding is tight, contents are age-toned, an occasional spot in margins, but mainly clean. Illustrated. Amusing story-telling by a master.
Seller: Old Bookshelf, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
TWAIN, MARK.. Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1875, 1875.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; second state. Publisher's cloth; front hinge cracked. Just good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Sketches. The American Publishing Company, Chicago, 1875.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, second issue. Measuring approximately 8.75" x 6.75" with 30 numbered pages. This book is in fair condition. Moderate scuffing to head and tail to spine. Moderate scuffing to both boards. Front hinge is cracked and slight mesh exposed. Interior pages are clean. Sketches New and Old is a collection of short stories by Mark Twain. 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. Inventory #(I4-21).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Sketches. The American Publishing Company, Hartford, CT, 1875.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second printing, with the title of "From Hospital Days" on the content page but not in the book, and with the page 119 footnote not repeating itself. Recently expertly rebacked in dark blue morocco with raised bands, gilt title and gilt devices within the title blocks. Boards with generally light wear and tear, with gilt on front board still complete. Gift inscription dated Dec 25, 1875 on front pastedown, and previous owner name on front endpaper. Textblock edges soiled, some spotting to the slightly toned pages. A very presentable copy, especially given the new spine.
Seller: James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA, Palm Desert, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Large 8vo; (viii), 17(sic) to 320 pages; publisher's brown half morocco, brown cloth boards, spine in six panels, gilt lettered and blind stamped 'Sketches by Mark Twain, Illustrated'. All edges gilt. Light peach endpapers. First edition, second state, with footnote on page 119 not repeated on page 120 and with no "Hospital Days" skit on page 299. Collects 63 sketches and short pieces. Minor wear to binding extremities, 1 inch stain mid-gutter on front endpapers. Occasional soiling and staining throughout. Dark area offset from small old newspaper clipping about the Landon's and Olivia. A very good copy. In the very uncommon half morocco subscriber's binding. Four years after publication nearly 24,000 copies had been sold, with less than 300 in this binding. Reference BAL 3364.
Seller: Richard Cady Rare Books, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 320 pages with frontispiece and illustrations. Square Octavo (8 3/4" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with black and gilt decorative lettering on spine and front board. Lacking the misplaced footnote on page 120, and "From Hospital Days" on page 229. (BAL 3364) First edition, second issue. The size of the first printing is undetermined, but the book was published in September 1875 and by the end of November, 12,985 copies were bound. The bindings offered for this book were the usual offered for the subscription books. Two states exist and BAL describes them. The first contains a very short story at page 299 that was later removed because it was not by Twain. Johnson points out that the manuscript for the story exists in Twain's handwriting with the name of the supposed author (Jane Stuart Woolsey) crossed out. True enough, but Johnson was unaware that Woolsey was a real woman and had published her story in her very real book that appeared in 1868. Twain may have copied it down for a story idea and included it by mistake with the other sketches. Some copies of the first state have a slip inserted at page 299 explaining that the story was not by Twain; other do not. The other feature of the first state is that of a footnote at page 119 is repeated at page 120; in later states the footnote is removed from page 120. Condition: Previous owner's stamp on back end paper, spine ends professionally repaired, back cover lightly rubbed, blue cloth stained at top front gilt star. A very good copy issued without a dust jacket.
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, second state (without "From 'Hospital Days'" on p. 299, and with no footnote on p. 120), sq. 8vo, pp. [8], 17-320; frontispiece, illus. in text throughout; orig. blue cloth stamped in gilt and black, rebacked with old spine laid down; otherwise very good. Hospital Days was discovered not to have been written by Clemens, but rather by Jane Stuart Woolsey; some copies have an inserted notice denying Clemens' authorship of the piece. A curiosity of this book is that on the spine the title is reversed so that it reads "Sketches Old and New." BAL 3364.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
TWAIN (M.):. MARK TWAIN'S SKETCHES.: New and Old.. Hartford: The American Pub., 1875., 1875.
Price: US$258.66 + shipping
Description: First Ed., 2nd state. frontispiece, text illust throughout. 320pp. original gold stamped lettering cloth. top & tail of spine rubbed. minor page soiling.
Seller: SUBUN-SO BOOK STORE, ABAJ-ILAB, Tokyo, Japan
Twain, Mark. MARK TWAIN'S SKETCHES NEW AND OLD. The American Publishing Company,, 1875.
Price: US$261.00 + shipping
Description: MARK TWAIN'S SKETCHES NEW AND OLD, The American Publishing Company, 1875, first edition, light wear at fore edge corner tips, a bit more to the base of the spine, head of spine missing approximately 1/4 inch strip along the top, approximately two inch worn area to the upper board edge towards the spine, a few leaves with some brown spotting, else a good to very good copy with most handsome front and rear covers decoratively stamped in black and gold. Profusely illustrated.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Mark Twain's Sketches New and Old. American Pub. Co., 1875.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First edition, first state. Just a Fair copy: corners rubbed through, chipping at both ends of the spine, slits at the bottom of the front joint, both hinges cracked, small damp stain at the bottom of some pages. The spine gilt is lightly rubbed, the gilt on the cover is brighter.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Description: RARE FIRST ISSUE. Original blue cloth with black and gilt embossed decoration. Footnote on page 119 repeating on page 120. An eleven-line skit "From Hospital Days" on page 299. Corners worn, spine ends rubbed, front inner hinge cracked, rear hinge starting. Textblock firmly bound and internally very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Sketches, Old and New. The American Publishing Company, 1875.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Mark Twain s Sketches, New and Old. Now First Published in Complete Form. Sold Only by Subscription. The American Publishing Company, Hartford, Conn., 1875, 320 pp, illustrated, lazuli cloth, 8.75 x 7 , 8vo. In good condition. Light wear to extremities with more moderate scuffing to end bands and corners. Gilt finishing on spine rubbed, spine generally discolored from oxidation. Boards lightly discolored from age along edges. Gilt finishing on front board bright and clean. Ex-library of the Collected Public Library of New Hartford Connecticut. Binding shaken. Front gutter tender. Light toning overall to text block. A few spots here and there throughout. Free of markings. Please see photos. First edition, early issue. Repeated footnote on leaves 119 and 120pp. RAREA1875DJKZ-VAR
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated First American Edition, 2d state. Octavo. Original blue cloth decorated in gilt and black. Group of fictional stories by famous American novelist, travel writer, and satirist. Very good, slight rubbing to spine ends and front corners. Lacks front free endpaper. Very small tear to cloth near top of spine.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hartford & Chicago: The American Publishing Company, 1875. An early collection of Twain's shorter pieces "Now First Published in Complete Form." This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition. (Second State). Blue decorative cloth binding, stamped with black and gilt. Clean text; 320 pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations by F.W. Williams. Rubbing to the corners and margins of the spine. The rear cover has some bubbling and one corner is rubbed through. Still, a very attractive volume; the colours are bright and it is a gold-mine of great writing. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. Illus. by F.W. Williams. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.95 + shipping
Description: Octavo. 2d state, as per BAL 3364. Bound in publisher's blue cloth lettered and decorated in black and gilt, pale yellow endpapers, previous owner's name stamp, corners worn, spine ends chipped, some darkening to spine and edge, just a bit of separation at gutter near head. A good copy. [BAL 3364].
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$385.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. [6], 17-320 pp. Bound in bright blue cloth with decorations stamped in black on the boards and spine, with gilt decorations on the front board and spine; all edges gilt. Illustrated with a woodcut frontispiece, and with several in-text and full-page woodcuts. Now first published in complete form. Sold only by subscription. BAL 3364. McBride 35. Second state as per McBride and BAL. An amusing collection of short stories, beautifully illustrated, from one of the giants of American literature. A Very Good book with traces of wear to the extremities including rubbing and minor discoloration to the edges of the spine and boards; leaves show foxing and a crease to the front flyleaf.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: BAL 3364. First edition, second state. Blue cloth, gilt. Rubbed at edges, heel chipped. Even rubbing and slight dulling to spine and boards. Elaborate and decorative ownership signature and bookplate of "Jos. M. Butler", dated 1876.
Seller: Mythos Center Books, Frontenac, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good, first book, SECOND State ("Now First Published in Complete Form"), no dust jacket. Royal blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and gilt and black decorations stamped on front panel and spine. black stamped decorations on back panel. Upper page edges are dark-tinted. A number of b&w partial-page and some full-page illustrations. Upper most edge at head of board spine is missing, remaining edge is rubbed and fraying; lower edge at tail of spine is split and fraying. Fore-edge corners are rubbed through. Lower-most edges of front and back panel are scuffed and with a couple of small rub-throughs. Side and lower external page edges are age-darkened and with some small stains which could be foxing. Smudging and light stains on end papers. Inside spine is cracked at the second blank page. The third blank page has is separated 5/8" at the bottom edge next to spine and with an adjacent 1 1/4" closed horizontal tear. A few internal smudges and stains, mostly in the margins. Except for the spine crack at the front of the book, 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.
Price: US$400.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "MARK TWAIN'S SKETCHES, NEW AND OLD"Blue decorated cloth covers with black and gold stamped designs, also on spine, spine is a bit faded although covers are bright, all page edges gilt, corners slightly rubbed, 320 pages, title page states now first published and complete form sold only by subscription, the date 1875 appears at the bottom of the title page on the back copyright page and at the bottom of the preface page, book is clean, complete, and tight. This is the FIRST EDITION/SECOND PRINTING since there is no errata slip inserted at page 299 and the footnote on page 119 does not repeat itself on page 120. The index lists "From Hospital Days" as being on 299 when in fact it is the last part of "The Scriptural Panoramist" which appears/ends on page 299. A nice bright copy.
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$406.30 + shipping
Description: Original decorated blue cloth. Second State of the text. An early collection of 63 sketches by Twain, illustrated throughout. BAL 3364. Occasional internal soiling; some staining to rear cover but mostly faint. Gilt bright, covers and hinges strong. Minor wear to spine tips. Very Good to Near Fine
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Sketches New and Old. The American Publishing Company, 1875.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, Blanck's second state. Blue decorated cloth stamped in gilt and black. Light sunning to the spine and light wear to front cover. A very good copy.
Seller: The Literary Lion,Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
CLEMENS, SAMUEL L.. Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. , 1875.
Price: US$460.00 + shipping
Description: CLEMENS, SAMUEL L. Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. Hartford and Chicago: American Publishing Co., 1875. [8], 17-320 p. Illus. Blue cloth. Extremities moderately worn, spine a trifle darkened and ends worn. A good-to-very good copy. First edition, second state. BAL 3364.
Seller: Joseph J. Felcone Inc., ABAA, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. The American Publishing Company, 1875.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Blue cloth decoratively stamped in black and gilt. Blanck's second state with footnote on page 119 but not repeated on 120 and with no "Hospital Days" skit on page 299. Blanck 3364. Light discoloration to spine, slight rubbing to lower spine and lower corners, else near fine and bright, internally clean and with hinges firm in custom mylar cover.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Sketches New and Old. The American Publishing Company, 1875.
Price: US$545.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, second state. Very good plus condition, with clean, tight heavily decorated blue cloth + gilt binding showing only a tiny bit of wear at top and bottom of spine. Lavishly illustrated. Previous owner inscription from 1875 on flyleaf; no other marks on clean, bright pages, no foxing. An excellent copy for display or collection. 1st edition 2nd state indicated by absence of footnote on page 120 and no errata slip on page 299.
Seller: Tom Schmidt, Montpelier, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$548.33 + shipping
Description: Now first published in complete form. gr.-8°. 320 S. Mit zahlr. Illustr. OHLdr. m. Rückengoldpr. u. Vollgoldschn. Ecken u. Kap. berieb. EA. First edition. Later state. Twains sixty-three often outrageous sketches, composed between 1863 and 1875. With "From `Hospital Days`" on p. 299, and with footnote on p. 119 and repeated on p. 120. Gewicht in Gramm: 1500
Seller: Antiquariat Burgverlag, Wien, Austria
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1875 Mark TWAIN 1st ed Sketches Samuel Clemens Jumping Frog Poultry Blue Cloth But still he was lucky, uncommon lucky; he most always come out winner. Mark Twain, The Celebrated Jumping Frog Sketches, New and Old, published in 1875, was a collection of 63 of Samuel Clemens's earliest newspaper and journal writings. It was his most ambitious, most thoroughly sifted, and most fully revised collection of his apprentice work. It was also his final one. Some works include: The Jumping Frog To Raise Poultry Science vs. luck A Curious dream Many of the short stories in this collection were of materials that Twain used in his public readings and lectures. It was published similarly to that of many of his other subscription books, but it was a much smaller book and printed on more squarish paper than that of his other works. This first edition is bound in the original blue cloth with decorative gilt on the front cover and meets all first edition points below. Item number: #22338 Price: $550 TWAIN, Mark Mark Twain's sketches, new and old.: Now first published in complete form.: Sold only by subscription [Hartford]: The American Publishing Company. Hartford, Conn., and Chicago, Ill., 1875. First edition. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o 320 o Numerous illustrations throughout References: BAL 3364; Notes on edition: o pg. 120: Footnote not present. o pg. 299: From Hospital Days not present. Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Decorative blue cloth Size: ~8.75in X 7in (22cm x 18cm) 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! 22338 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$599.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1875 Mark TWAIN 1st ed Sketches Samuel Clemens Jumping Frog Poultry Blue Cloth But still he was lucky, uncommon lucky; he most always come out winner. Mark Twain, The Celebrated Jumping Frog Sketches, New and Old, published in 1875, was a collection of 63 of Samuel Clemens's earliest newspaper and journal writings. It was his most ambitious, most thoroughly sifted, and most fully revised collection of his apprentice work. It was also his final one. Some works include: The Jumping Frog To Raise Poultry Science vs. luck A Curious dream Many of the short stories in this collection were of materials that Twain used in his public readings and lectures. It was published similarly to that of many of his other subscription books, but it was a much smaller book and printed on more squarish paper than that of his other works. This first edition is bound in the original blue cloth with decorative gilt on the front cover and meets all first edition points below. Item number: #30257 Price: $599 TWAIN, Mark Mark Twain's sketches, new and old.: Now first published in complete form.: Sold only by subscription [Hartford]: The American Publishing Company. Hartford, Conn., and Chicago, Ill., 1875. First edition. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o [6], 17-320 o Numerous illustrations throughout References: BAL 3364; Notes on edition: o pg. 120: Footnote not present. o pg. 299: From Hospital Days not present. Provenance: Handwritten o S. W. W. Straight o Laura A. Straight Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Decorative blue cloth Size: ~8.75in X 7in (22cm x 17.5cm) 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! 30257 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. Sketches New and Old. American Publishing Co, Hartford, 1875.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: Large 8vo, blue cloth, stamped in gold and black. Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1875. First Edition. Second issue, without the repeated footnote on p. 119 & 120, without the inserted erratum slip, and without the 11 line sketch on p. 299. Bright, tight copy, with minimal wear at the corners & extremes of the spine; flattened crease on front flyleaf.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$603.71 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 320 pp. Book shows heavy use. Spine strengthened with adhesive tape. Pages detached from spine. Slightly bumped cover board corners. Light foxing on page edges. No dj
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Sketches New and Old. The American Publishing Company, Chicago, 1875.
Price: US$625.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue with a footnote present on pages 119 & 120. On page 299 there is an 11 line skit headed "From Hospital Days" with the erratum slip. This book is in fair condition. Moderate chipping and sunning to entire spine. Moderate scuffing to both boards and all corners. Gilt lettering on spine is faded. Gilt lettering and design on front board is still full and vivid. Moderate scuffing to all edges of textblock. Previous owner's handwriting in pencil on front endpaper. Old amateur glue repair to hinges and spine. Interior pages are moderately stained. Sketches New and Old is a collection of short stories by Mark Twain. 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. Inventory #(I3-33).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$636.29 + shipping
Description: First edition, second state. Sm. 4to., orig. blue cloth stamped in black and gilt, 320pp. Some wear to the spine ends and corners, light rubbing but certainly a very good copy. BAL 3364.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Samuel Clemens. Mark Twain. Sketches New and Old. American Publishing Co., Hartford Ct, 1875.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The rare 1st issue, 1st state of this famed collection of Mark Twain's humor in the deluxe full sheepskin leather 4to. Most copies were issued in gilt blue cloth, a rare few in 3/4 morocco and a few deluxe in full sheep. Joints. cracked but holding, two chips to spine, the full black morocco title label on spine is still fine. !!! This copy has all the 1st issue points, the repeated mislaid quotes on page 119 and repeated 120. and the famous 11 line literary sketch towards the bottom of page 299 with the original colored endsheets, and the rear blanks. These points were corrected in later issues, but remain colorful additions in the first impression, the sheep is bright and strong despite the cracking joints. Listed in BAL.3364. and in Mac Donald and Parley and Merle Johnston.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher's original gilt-stamped and decorated blue cloth. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, with the footnote on page 119 repeated on page 120, and with the misattributed sketch [From "Hospital Days"] on page 299. Peach endpapers and triple flyleaves. There is some wear to the spine ends, fraying to the corners and edges, and the gilt is not as bright as it once was. Internally, there is a spot of ghosting on pages 174 and 175 where a leaf, perhaps, was laid in. Else, internally, the book is quite clean. An inch and a half of the foot of the rear inner hinge is just starting; else the joints and hinges are intact. Significantly, this is one of only several hundred copies in the First State with GILT EDGES. Copies in cloth with plain edges outnumber those with gilt edges by about twelve to one. A good to very good copy of an uncommon and desirable binding variant. Only the three-quarter morocco binding is rarer. BAL 3364.
Seller: Clarel Rare Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old". Published by The American Publishing Company in 1875. Measures 8-¾" x 6-½". First edition, first state with a footnote present on page 119, and with the very same footnote repeated on page 120; On page 299 there is an 11-line skit headed "From Hospital Days", on some copies there is an inserted notice denying Mark Twain's authorship of the piece (BAL 3364). Very good plus condition in the publisher's original full blue cloth boards. Front board and spine decoratively stamped in black and gilt, rear board decoratively stamped in black. Gilt lettering on front board and spine very well preserved. Spine edges and corners somewhat edgeworn. Some rubbing and light soiling to boards; front hinge starting; rear hinge cracked. Light toning with occasional soiling in text. This copy has a portion of the publisher's slip on page 299, denying Twain's authorship of "Hospital Days," but the printed portion of the slip has been torn out, leaving just a stub; there is offsetting for the entire slip on pages 298 and 299. 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.
Mark Twain. Sketches New and Old. American Publishing Co, 1875.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: American Publishing Co, Hartford 1875. First Edition / First Printing / Second State. Does not contain the errata footnote on page 119 does not repeat. Blue cloth boards. BAL 3364. Book Condition: Very Good, shelf wear, rounded corners, stain at the edges. Age toning, owner inscription at the endpaper, hinged at the endpaper.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark.. MARK TWAIN'S SKETCHES. New and Old.. American Publishing Co:, 1875.
Price: US$977.50 + shipping
Description: Illustr, 8.5 x6.5, 320 pp, vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT STAMPED SPINE, ALL EDGES GILT, MARBLED END PAPERS, FIRST ED, FIRST STATE. A beautiful copy.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$980.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A most attractive, unrestored first edition/second state copy, in the scarce original publisher's 1/2 Morocco leather binding with gilded pages and peach end papers in just about near fine condition, little staining from binder's glue. Without the Non-Twain sketch "Hospital Days". BAL 3364; Twain's sixty-three often outrageous sketches, composed between 1863 and 1875. From a piece about the difficulty of getting a pocket watch repaired properly to thoughts on bureaucrats, courts of law, the profession of journalism, the claims of science, and the workings of government; 8vo
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$999.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: MARK TWAIN'S 'SKETCHES, NEW AND OLD' 1875 THE AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. NOTABLE BLUE EMBOSSED BOARDS, GOLD GILT, ILLUSTRATIONS. INSIDE CLEAN; NO INSCRIPTIONS OR BOOKPLATES. Spine fading with some rubbing. 320pp. 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$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first issue. Publisher's three-quarter brown morocco over brown cloth-covered boards. Spine with 5 raised bands: two compartments lettered in gilt and the remaining four with simple blind-stamped devices. Former owner's name on the verso of the frontispiece. Hinges professionally restored. A few light fox marks to the preliminaries and final pages. A sound, very good copy with no chipping to the fragile spine leather.
Seller: The Literary Lion,Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1210.00 + shipping
Description: Excellent. First Edition, Second State. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt-stamped front board and spine, black-stamped back board. Lower corners bumped, some soiling to spine, front inner hinge just starting, otherwise a clean and bright copy.
Seller: Quaker Hill Books, Redding, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. An attractive copy.The book is bound in the original publisher's cloth with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1295.00 + shipping
Description: 320 pages. 22 x 17 cm. Frontispiece and a host of in text woodcuts. A collection of short stories, all fictional save one. True Williams illustrated this work as well as many others by Twain. Alcohol ended his career. Laid-in an Erratum slip noting, "By an error of the publishers the above sketch, 'From Hospital Days' was inserted in this book. It should not have been, as Mark Twain is not the author of it. It will not appear in any future edition." BAL3364. Wear to backstrip extremities, lower corners rubbed. Orig. publisher's pictorially stamped blue cloth decorated in gilt. Very good
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: True First Edition Printing: p.120 includes double-printed footnote from p.119; p.299 includes "From Hospital Days" and tipped-in errata slip from the publisher. Blue cloth boards with black & gold leaf decor; no DJ as issued. Typical wear & rubbing to cloth, especially at edges; light fading to spine. Ex libris bookplate on front pastedown; occasional unobtrusive library stamps within. The otherwise clean interior is lightly foxed but unmarked. Book block is straight and very solid. A very nice copy, overall. Happy to provide additional details & images upon request. [From the collection of Don Noble, Professor Emeritus of the University of Alabama and host of Alabama Public Television's 'Bookmark' author interview program.]
Seller: Interstellar Bookseller, Birmingham, AL, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. Sketches New and Old. American Publishing Co, Hartford, 1875.
Price: US$1700.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Large 8vo, blue cloth, stamped in gold and black.`` Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1875. First Edition. First issue, with the repeated footnote on p. 119 & 120, with the inserted erratum slip, and with the 11 line sketch on p. 299. Bright, tight copy, preserved in a 1/4 leather slipcase.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2100.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Edge and corner worn, scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, front board is split and detached, small portion of the head and tail of the spine are missing, former owner's inscription and a date in ink on the ffep, rear hinge is cracked, overall still a nice rare first edition! Extremely scarce and hard-to-find! Leather bound with gilt on black lettering on the spine. 320 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Very very rare first edition / first printing! "i have scattered through this volume a mass of matter which has never been in print before, (such as 'Learned Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls,' the 'Jumping Frog restored to the English tongue after martyrdom in the French,' the 'Membranous Croup' sketch, and many others which I need not specify): not doing this in order to make an advertisement of it, but because these things seemed instructive." ---- from the Preface by Mark Twain (Hartford, 1875).
Seller: Conover Books, Martinsville, VA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. The American Publishing Company, 1875.
Price: US$3100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the erratum and misplaced footnote on page 120. ware to spine edges and to the extremities soilin on the bottom of the first few pages.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION with the erratum and misplaced footnote on page 120. The book is in excellent condition and is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's brown cloth. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition. We buy Twain First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.