ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
(First Edition Library: Shelton, CT), nd. Hardcover. Facsimile of the first edition, fine in fine dustjacket and lightly bumped slipcase. More
(First Edition Library: Shelton, CT), nd. Hardcover. Facsimile of the first edition, fine in fine dustjacket and lightly bumped slipcase. More
Random House: NY, 1930. Hardcover. Illus. by Donald McKay, 10.5 x 7.5", leather backed pict cloth, 132pp, spine a bit scuffed else very good condition in used slipcase with minor splitting. LIMITED TO 2000 NUMBERED COPIES (#1200) WITH FACSIMILE SIGNATURE OF ARTIST. More
Charles L. Webster: NY, 1892. Hardcover. Illus. by Dan Beard, 8.25 x 5.5", gilt-lettered pict green cloth, 277pp + ads, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, spine a little cocked, contents a little edge-toned but still a nice copy of the FIRST EDITION (NAP). More
NY, 1892. Hardcover. Illus by Dan Beard, 8 x 5.5", pict. cloth, 277pp, rubber stamp of private library, foredges of both covers show some staining, covers & spine rubbed & darkened. FIRST EDITION. More
The Golden Hind Press: Madison, N.J. 1937. 5x4", wraps, 7pp, covers a bit faded. LIMITED TO 110 NUMBERED COPIES. Christmas keepsake with presentation. More
Privately Printed, 1925. Paperback. 9 x 5", pict stapled wraps, 18pp + Excerpt from Albert Bigelow Paine's biography of Twain, covers a bit unevenly sunned else a nice, clean copy. LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES, this copy is unnumbered. Number One of the Airedale Series. More
Privately Published: np, 1925. Hardcover. 8 x 5", grey boards, printed paper label on front cover, 18pp. Covers spotted, spine torn, ink name and date, textblock cracked, book shaken. "A laboured grandiose speech out of ye mouth of Lady Alice...did quite exhaust ye Queen's endurance, who listened till...speech was done...(ye..... More
The American Publishing Co.: Hartford, CT, 1897. Hardcover. Illus., 9 x 6", blue cloth with gilt-surround pict paper label on front cover, 712pp, covers worn and scratched, extremities bumped and fraying, inner hinges cracking, ink inscription from former owner on front fly, pp edge-toned, a rather shaken copy but complete..... More
Harper & Bros.: NY, 1907. Hardcover. Illus. by Lucius Hitchcock, 8 x 5.25", beautifully bound in 3/4 gilt-ruled black Morocco; blue cloth; teg, 153pp, covers are beautifully bound in 3/4 gilt-ruled black Morocco; blue cloth; teg, 153pp, covers a little rubbed, spine a little sunned, extremities a tiny bit worn..... More
Harper & Bros.: NY, 1909. Hardcover. Frontis portraits of Shakespeare and Bacon, 8.5 x 5.25", gilt-lettered green cloth, 150pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, some old waterstaining on rear cover, pp toned with some finger soiling. FIRST EDITION (no tipped-in leaf). More
James R. Osgood: Boston, 1883. Hardcover. Illus., 9 x 6", gilt-dec illus. brown cloth; aeg, 624pp, covers a bit rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, rear inner hinge cracked (but not detached), front inner hinge cracking, ink inscription from former owner, pp63-66 sliced in margin, but still a pretty..... More
Sheldon & Co: NY, (1871). Hardcover. Illus, 7.5 x 5", cloth, 47pp, ink inscription, text spotted, thumbed, torn, covers worn (esp. spine tips), moderately rubbed. FIRST EDITION, later issue. More
The Book Club of California: San Francisco, CA, 1928. Illus., 10.25 x 7", cloth backed boards, 11pp, covers rubbed, yellowed and worn, bottom of spine badly bumped, spine label torn and almost detached, hinges loose, eps a little damped; but it looks better than it sounds. LIMITED TO 400 COPIES..... More
Hartford, 1891. Hardcover. 13.5 x 9", board, lacking brochure and box of pins. Some insect damage to one side. One side carries the instructions, the other side is a game board. Still SCARCE Twain piece. More
Daniel Slote & Company: NY, 1902. Hardcover. [Pavlova] 12 x 10", blindstamped blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 6 page index + 76 numbered pages. Covers well worn, rubbed, soiled, spine and corners bumped, lettering rubbed, textblock loose, lacks the interleaving leaves and stubs, toned, glue stains else good condition..... More
Belford Brothers: Toronto, 1876. 35. 7 x 4.5", cloth, 157pp + ads (last ad "Common Sense..."). DISBOUND, lacks front fly, very worn. Mark Twain's non-fiction reminiscences which he wrote in 1874-1875, the work first appearing in the Atlantic Monthly in 1875. FIRST CANADIAN EDITION (Reprint D). SWAF. More
Rose-Belford: Toronto, 1878. Hardcover. 7.5 x 4.5", cloth, 150pp, covers soiled and rubbed, corners and spine tips worn, front inner hinge cracked. FIRST CANADIAN EDITON, FIRST PRINTING UNDER THIS TITLE. More
American Publishing Co.: Hartford, Conn. 1872. Hardcover. Illus., 9 x 5.5", cloth, 591pp, spine badly torn and chipped, covers heavily worn, inner hinges cracked, loose signatures. FIRST EDITION, 2ND STATE. Rough copy of Roughing It. More
American Publishing Co.: Hartford, CT, 1880. Frontis portrait of Twain, frontis of "Titan's Moses"; illus., 9 x 5.5", gilt-dec black cloth, 631pp + ad for The Innocents Abroad, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, spine sunned, hinges loose, inner hinges cracking, pp edge-toned, but still a decent copy of the..... More
American Publ. Co.: Hartford, Conn. 1880. Hardcover. "328 illus", 9 x 5.5", gilt-stamped cloth, 631pp, inner hinges cracked, portrait foxed & stained, foredge stained at lower end, spine ends frayed, covers worn, spine lettering very worn. Pencil names "Ingalls Atchison" on front pastedown. Senator John James Ingalls, 1833-1900, Atchison, Kansas..... More
np, nd. One page, 6.25 x 4, on plain lined paper, boldly written to (Noah) Brooks, dated May 19: "Very much obliged. Will you please endorse this check over to Tommy or cash it & pay him? It is 15 folios -- for long jobs I have alsways paid 8..... More
Toronto, 1885. Two sheets of off-white laid paper, 9 x 5.5, written in pencil, each sheet partly mounted on reverse (from old autograph album?), folds else a nice example of a friendly letter to his friend "Brooks". The letter reads: "My Dear Brooks -- The both of us thank you..... More
The American Publishing Co: Hartford, CT, 1897. Photo portrait frontis, illustr, 9 x 6, decorated blue cloth, 712 pp, covers very worn, extremities bumped and fraying, inner hinges cracked, hinges loose, pencil scribbles on front fly and a blank, frontis detached with edges worn and darkened, tissue guard spotted, contents..... More
American Publ. Co.: Hartford, 1874. Hardcover. Illus., 9 x 5.5", gilt-lettered pict cloth, 574pp + appendix, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and chipping (especially to spine ends), outer hinges starting, an "L" shaped cut to spine cover, inner hinges cracking, pp with some edge-toning and scattered finger soil. FIRST EDITION, early..... More
American Publishing Co: Hartford. 1873. Illustr, 8.75 x 5.5, 574 + appendix, vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT STAMPED SPINE, ALL EDGES GILT, MARBLED END PAPERS, FIRST ED. EARLY ISSUE (no ads). A beautiful copy. More