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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.
Mark Twain. The Writings of Mark Twain SIGNED. The American Publishing Company, Connecticut, 1899.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Description: Exquisite 20 volume collection of Mark Twain's works. Lacking five volumes. Autograph edition. Signed by Mark Twain on the limitation page found in Volume I of The Innocents Abroad. Additionally signed by Charles Dudley Warner on the limitation page of The Gilded Age. These volumes are in near fine condition. Very finely bound in full red crushed morocco, with gilt lettering and dentelles, with five raised bands to the spine. Top edges gilt. Rarely seen elaborate full leather pastedowns. Minor staining to some boards. Interior pages are bright and clean. Lacking volumes 5, 7, 14, 18, and 23. The titles included in this collection are: The Innocents Abroad Vols I & II - 1899; A Tramp Abroad Vols I & II; Following The Equator Vol II - 1899; Roughing It Vol II - 1899; Life on The Mississippi - 1899; The Gilded Age Vols I & II - 1899; Adventures of Tom Sawyer - 1899; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - 1899; The Prince and the Pauper - 1899; A Yankee in King Arthur's Court - 1899; Joan of Arc Vol I - 1899; Sketches - 1899; Tom Sawyer Abroad, Etc. - 1899; The American Claimant , Etc. - 1899; How to Tell a Story, Etc. - 1900; The $30,000 Bequest, Etc. - 1907; and lastly Christian Science - 1907. 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$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.