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Twain, Mark. Roughing It (Volume 1). American Publishing Company, Hartford, 1899.
Price: US$25.44 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Volume 1 only of 2. Part of the Autograph edition of the Writings of Mark Twain, limited edition no. 258 of 512. Half leather with marbled sides and endpapers. The covers are detached and the spine is missing.
Seller: Beach Hut Books, Lingfield, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.84 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: B00K: Very Good/, $45.88 a CONNECTICUT YANKEE in KING ARTHUR`s COURT, VOLume XVI, Edition de Luxe, Copy No. 654. * TWAIN, Mark the American Publishing Company 1899 Hartford Conn. * * * * * Limited Edition of One Thousand Copies, Copy No. 654. H/c Sun Browned Cloth With Browned Paper On Top With Title In Black Letters Spine And Title In Small 0ff~White Letters, Hard Cover B00K: Very Good/, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 408 Numbered Pages, Printed On 0ff~White Paper, Browning On Edges From Aging, Clean And Tight To The Spine. Spine Weak. Polished Gold Edging On Page Tops. D/j: None. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = Corrugated Mailing B0X = To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The Description Described Which Applies To This B00K, Only. = No Odors, No Writing, No Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, No Book Plate, Not X~Library, No Other Marks. = Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE *
Seller: L. Michael, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$33.54 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book: Very Good/, $49.78 FOLLOWING the EQUATOR, a Journey Around the World, VOL. I Only of II, VOLume V. * TWAIN, Mark American Publishing Company 1899 Hartford Conn * * * * * Limited de Luxe Edition Copy No. 654 Of 1,000. H/c Sun Browned On A Brown Cloth Spine With Title In Paper Rectangle With Black Letters, Hard Cover Book: Very Good/, Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 346 Numbered Pages Printed On 0ff~White Paper, Browning On Edges, Clean And Tight To The Spine In: Near Fine/ Condition. Top Of Pages Has Polished Gold Edging. D/j: None. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = Corrugated Mailing B0X. To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The Description Described Which Applies To This B00K, Only. = No Odors, No Writing, No Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, No Book Plate, Not X~Library, No Other Marks. = Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE *
Seller: L. Michael, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$58.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book: Very Good/, $67.98 the INNOCENTS ABROAD, the New Pilgrims` Progress, being some account of the steamship Quaker City `s Pleasure excursion to Europe and the Holy Land. In Two VOLumes, VOL II, Only. VOLume II. * TWAIN, Mark American Publishing Company 1899 Hartford Conn * * * * * Limited de Luxe Edition Copy No. 654 Of 1,000. H/c Sun Browned On A Brown Cloth Spine With Title In Paper Rectangle With Black Letters, Hard Cover Book: Very Good/, Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 445 Numbered Pages Printed On 0ff~White Paper, Browning On Edges, Clean And Tight To The Spine In: Near Fine/ Condition. Top Of Pages Has Polished Gold Edging. D/j: None. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = Corrugated Mailing B0X. To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The Description Described Which Applies To This B00K, Only. = No Odors, No Writing, No Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, No Book Plate, Not X~Library, No Other Marks. = Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE *
Seller: L. Michael, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: An early 'collected works' of Mark Twain, published between 1899 and 1903, when he was still in his mid-60s. Olive green cloth with brown leather labels on the spine. Bindings good and tight. Some chipping and wear to the labels. Volume 1 has chip missing form the top of the spine. This is the Edition De Luxe of Mark Twain's Works, number 332 of 1000 (hand numbered). Engraved title page on Japan paper. Illustrated. The whole set is printed on special paper with a "Mark Twain" watermark, made just for this set. Sadly, I don't have the complete set here -- voumes 15, 17, and 20 are missing. (they are Joan of Arc part 1, Short Stories and Sketches part 2, and whatever comes between Puddnhead WIlson and Connecticut Yankee). Nearly 400 pages per volumes. Some pages uncut. This De Luxe edition appears to be quite a scarce one. It is not to be confused with the Signed edition (this one does not have & never did have a signature page). But it is elusive all the same. One of the nicer sets of Twain's works to appear in his lifetime. Measures 5.75 x 8.5 inches. Contains Innocents Abroad (in 2 volumes); A Tramp Abroad (2 vols); Following the Equator (2 vols); Roughing It (2 vols); Life on the Mississippi; The Gilded Age (2 vols); Tom Sawyer; Huckleberry Finn; Puddnhead Wilson; Connecticut Yankee; Joan of Arc (2 volumes, but part 1 missing); Short Stories and Sketches (2 volumes but the middle one missing); Literary Essays; My Literary Debut, etc. Please email with questions or to request photos.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The Writings of Mark Twain. The American, Hartford, 1899.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Autograph Edition, set number 331 of 512 copies SIGNED on the limitation page by Twain. With a 33 page Biographical Criticism by Brander Matthews, signed by Matthews. Complete in 25 volumes. Octavo ¾ brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards. Marbled endpapers. Spine tips and joints scuffed as usual in this poorly-bound edition. Several joints tender. One volume with a white stain to the front board and another with a large abrasion to the rear board. A very good example of one of the most-desired Twain sets.
Seller: The Literary Lion,Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3800.00 + shipping
Description: The Royal edition of the writings of Mark Twain. Octavo, 21 volumes of the original 25 bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards for Brentano's with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with many full-page illustrations, including etchings, photogravures, and engravings, with numerous frontispiece portraits of Twain.ÂOne of an unstated number of copies of the Royal edition, this is number 287. In near fine condition. "To understand America, read Mark Twain. No matter what new craziness pops up in America, I find it described beforehand by him He was never innocent, at home or abroad" (Garry Wills). "High and fine literature is wine," Twain once wrote, "and mine is only water; but everybody likes water." This beautiful edition of Twain's complete novels, essays and sketches attests to the enduring popularity and power of his worksâ"many of which, despite their author's protestation to the contrary, have come to be regarded as among the finest vintage American literature offers.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The Writings of Mark Twain. The American Publishing Company, Hartford, 1899.
Price: US$5500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Autograph Edition, limited to 512 copies, signed by Twain. Complete in 25 volumes. Publisher's ¾ brown morocco over marbled boards. Spines with simple floral devices in compartments. Spines uniformly mellowed to brown. Light surface chipping to the extremities and joints. A sound set.
Seller: The Literary Lion,Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$7000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "The Writings of Mark Twain" by Mark Twain. Hartford (CT), American Publishing Company, 1899-1907 limited edition of one of 512 copies from the "Autograph edition", signed by the author on limitation page to vol. 1. Complete in 25 volumes. Very good set, portrait frontispieces and additional titles, contemporary olive half morocco, spines gilt, variously discoloured, spines uniformly so, vol. 1 rebacked preserving original spine, vol. 2 spine head torn, a few other joints cracking, corners scuffed, t.e.g., others uncut.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Price: US$11500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: As one early seller promised of this set: "The original, autographed and strictly limited edition of the works of Samuel L. Clemens complete in twenty five volumes. This edition was published at enormous expense, printed on hand made paper water marked. Each set is signed by Clemens, Charles W. Warner, Brander Matthews and the signatures of at least seventeen artists appear in the various volumes. Many so called "autographed editions" have been issued since this particular set was published, but none of them compare with this edition that was really the work of Samuel L. Clemens and published under his personal supervision". (John J. Newbegin). The lavishly produced 'Autograph Edition', in three-quarter morocco and gilt tops. The first 23 volumes were printed on special paper with a 'Clemens' watermark. All 25 volumes have the limitation page with number 374 in red ink, their frontispieces (depicting Twain at the time each work was first published), engraved Tiffany title pages, and illustrations with captioned tissue paper. Volume 1 has a typed description of the set quoted above on the letterhead of Newbegins Bookshop of San Francisco pasted to the endpaper, while Volume 25 has a loose leaf from Newbegins with an incomplete list of the locations of the autograph signatures. Notes on condition: Three-quarter binding with marbled boards, raised bands, lettering and ornamentation gilt, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. Spines are faded to different degrees. Occasional uncut page. Overall very good. Volume I starting joints have been professionally repaired and strengthened; Volume X, small stain to inner margin of first few pages; Volume XV, dirty fingerprint on limitation page, stain on tissue of frontispiece; Volume XVI, visible discoloration to inner margin of title page; Volume XIX, spine more worn than the others; Volume XX, dirty fingerprint on limitation page; Volume XXII, tissue to frontispiece is torn; Volume XXIII, chip to upper edge of spine; Volume XXIV, both hinges just starting. Autographs: Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, limitation page of Volume I; Brander Matthews, page xxxiii of Volume I, at the conclusion of his 'Biographical Criticism' essay; Peter Newell, p337 'The Tomb of Adam' Volume II; T. de Thulstrup, Frontispiece Volume IV; Frederick Dielman, 'Hanuman moving the mountains' Volume V; Charles Noel Flagg, Frontispiece portrait Volume VI (List of illustrations describes a different frontis?); B. West Clinedust, Frontispiece 'An inferior sort of murder' Volume VIII; E. H. Garrett, p.44 'Steamboat a-coming' Volume IX; Chas. Dudley Warner, limitation page Volume X; J.G. Brown, p.32 'Tom gave up the brush', Volume XII; Karl Gerhardt, Frontispiece image of bust, Volume XIII; Charles Noel Flagg, Frontispiece Volume XIV; E. W. Kemble, p.221 'Make the prints that will hang you', Volume XIV; F.M. Senior, p.227 'I thought I would write a little story', Volume XIV; Frank Merrill, p.32 'Doff thy rags and don these splendors' Volume XV; Dan Beard, p. 166 'Sandy's curious delusion', Volume XVI; F. V. Du Mond, Frontispiece 'The Maid of Orleans', Volume XVIII; F. Opper, p.30 'Flies, Dan'l, flies!', Volume XIX; A.B. Frost, p.138 'I reckon I got to be excused' Volume XX; Allen St. John, p.170 'Colonel Sellers introduces Sally to Lord Berkley' Volume XXI; F. Luis Mora, p.48 'Listening to History' Volume XXIII. As a large, heavy set, this order will be carefully packed and may incur additional shipping charges.
Seller: B Street Books, ABAA and ILAB, San Mateo, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 25 Volumes. 8vo. LIMITED SIGNED EDITION, one of 600 copies (of total 620). SIGNED by author as both Mark Twain and S. L. Clemens at tipped-in colophon leaf of volume one. Printed at Hartford Press, Hartford Connecticut. Rebound in brick colored half morocco, dark blue title labels at spines; 5 raised bands, marbled paper-over-boards. T.e.g. Negligible rubbing to bottom edges of covers. Minute scrape to spine at bottom band of volume one. Mild narrow abrasion of a few inches at lower margin of general title page in each volume. Occasional light foxing to leaves. VG. THE SET:
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$16500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 25 volumes. Illustrated. Full red crushed morocco, gilt lettering & dentelles, raised bands; marbled end-papers. Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1899. Limited Edition. Fine. Number 375 of 512 sets. Volume I is signed by Twain; Volume X, the first volume of "The Gilded Age" has a separate limitation page signed by Charles Dudley Warner.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$17500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Author's Edition De Luxe, with distinctive ALS by Twain and manuscript pages in different volumes unique to this set - 25 volumes, Volumes I - IV are dated 1899; Volumes V - XXIII 1900; and, Volumes XXIV and XXV dated 1907. (Although all leather spine bindings are dated 19000 at the foot.) Limitation states 620 copies, with 600 for sale in Great Britain but actually 250 printed in the United States with statement of The Hartford Press on the verso of title page, this set #121, signed by Twain as both Twain and Clemens on the limitation page of Volume I. Bound-in at limitation page of Volume I is a one-page ALS (not recorded by McBride) from Twain to American Publishing Company publisher Elisha Bliss ("Friend Bliss") dated Feb 15 (18)75 (from the secretarial notation on the verso) in which Twain discusses copyright for Lotos Leaves in Gill's name, with reference to what Elderkin might do. ("Lotos Leaves" was an anthology of essays, stories and poems by American and British authors and members of the Lotos Club of New York City, published by William H Gill of Boston in 1875; John Elderkin was another contributor to the anthology. Twain contributed the short story "My Hermit".) After that is bound in a leaf from the original manuscript of "A Tramp Abroad" in purple ink with Twain's edits in black ink. In Volume V bound in at limitation page is 2 page facsimile of a letter dated Vienna, Oct 25 (18)97 in which Twain discusses a photograph of him being "pulled around the globe", which we interpret as a facetious commentary on the accompanying photo - which was doctored - of Twain being pulled in a horse- and bull-drawn cart driven by an old African American gentleman and a younger Black boy. In Volume X, "The Gilded Age", bound-in at the limitation page is a leaf from the original manuscript in black ink of that same title.in Twain's hand, followed by another leaf, in purple ink, in the hand of Chas. Dudley Warner, co-author, of the same title. (Each manuscript leaf has before it a hand-lettered identification page in red ink.) The set is uniformly bound in handsome, brown ¾ crushed morocco with 6 compartments in gilt and raised bands to spine, gilt top edge, sides uncut and silk ribbon markers. The internals of the set are well-preserved, absent any imperfection, save an almost imperceptible damp stain shallowly traversing the top and bottom margins of the front and rear signatures of Volume I. The Chatto & Windus title page of each volume - with Clemens' monogram surrounded illustrated references to events in Twain's life - is designed by Tiffany, etched by H.W. Bicknell, with frontispieces and full page text illustrations of many volumes by artists including Dan Beard and Thomas Fogarty. The set has no bookplates or ownership markings.
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$21500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Twenty-five volumes; 5 ¾ in. x 8 ½ in. Volume One: The verso of the f.f.e.p. has the bookplate of William G. Mather (1857-1951), a Cleveland, Ohio-based industrialist and book collector. Bound in at this point is a tab reading "Original Autograph Manuscript Pages from The Gilded Age." There are two manuscript pages: the first in Twain's hand with some corrections and cross-outs; the second in the hand of Charles Dudley Warner, who was Twain's collaborator for "The Gilded Age." The verso of the half-title page in Volume One is the limitation page and states: "The Autograph Edition of Mark Twain's Works is limited to Five Hundred and Twelve Copies, of which this is No. 4 [signed]: S.L. Clemens (Mark Twain)." This is followed by (1) an engraved portrait of Twain; (2) title-page of the set; (3) the title-page for the work in Volume I ("Innocents Abroad") and (4) an essay entitled "Biographical Criticism" ( at pp. v-xxxiii), which is signed at the end by the author, Brander Matthews. All volumes are illustrated (some are photo-gravures); and some illustrations are signed. Presswork by The University Press, Cambridge. (1899-1907). Volume 10 of the set is the first volume of "The Gilded Age;" it has a limitation page reading the same as that in Volume I and is signed by Charles Dudley Warner (only). Bound in full, dark red-brown morocco leather by Pfister, with its stamp on the end-papers. With five raised bands on the spine gilt titling, and a gilt floral design on the spine and front covers, with doublures of green and dark red-brown morocco with a gilt design of floral sprays, gilt borders, gray silk end-papers; top-edges gilt. Some of the spine ends, outer hinges, or cover corners show light wear or rubbing to the leather; a few volumes show more wear. Very good +.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$26000.00 + shipping
Description: 219 x 156 mm. (8 5/8 x 6 1/8"). 22 volumes (three additional volumes were subsequently published: see below). FINE RECENT GREEN MOROCCO, HANDSOMELY GILT, BY COURTLAND BENSON, covers with elegant floral border, raised bands, spines very ornately gilt with intricate scrolling fleuron cornerpieces and lovely large floral centerpiece, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed, 12 volumes UNOPENED. With 118 etchings and photogravures, as called for, all with lettered tissue guards. Printed on paper watermarked "Clemens." With 19 additional autographs, including those of Brander Mathews and Charles Dudley Warner (see below), and those of various illustrators of the works. BAL 3456. âFour volumes with a faint stain on a page or two each, but AN EXTRAORDINARILY HANDSOME SET IN VERY FINE CONDITION, the leaves remarkably clean, fresh, and bright, and most of the volumes obviously unread. This item offers the collector a rare opportunity to acquire all of the major Twain texts, the author's autograph, and an especially attractive set on the shelf, more than half of the volumes of which have never been opened. The quintessential American writer, Samuel L. Clemens (1835-1910), known better to the world as "Mark Twain," took what Day describes as "the authentic American idiom and 'just folks' American attitude" to produce works of lasting literary significance which are also memorably amusing. Enormously popular and highly respected, he had the rare gift of writing novels that combine profound commentary on social ills with captivating story-telling and humor that ranged from touching to outrageous. Our set was sold only to subscribers by the American Publishing Company, and is complete in 22 volumes as originally issued (three later volumes, issued and sold separately in 1903 and 1907, are not included). The original bindings for this edition are very seldom seen. For various reasons (financial pressure, strong demand for leather at the time, shortcuts taken in the production process), bindings were issued that did not stand up well to time and use. As a consequence, most sets of this edition have either been rebound or are completely falling apart. A key attraction of this set is, of course, the double signature of Clemens and Twain, but our set also contains the signatures of Brander Mathews, who wrote the biographical essay, and Charles Dudley Warner, who co-wrote "The Gilded Age," as well as those of several illustrators of these works. All of Twain's best-loved novels are present, as well as a collection of essays, some of which appear here for the first time. The handsome period-style bindings here are the work of Courtland Benson, one of the two or three most outstanding bookbinders in North America, both in terms of his structural restoration and his retrospective bindings. No. 200 OF 512 COPIES OF THE AUTOGRAPH EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.