A Tramp Abroad
New York: Heritage Press, (1966). Hardcover. Reprint. With an introduction by Edward Wagenknecht, illustrated by David Knight. Fine housed in a near fine slipcase. More
New York: Heritage Press, (1966). Hardcover. Reprint. With an introduction by Edward Wagenknecht, illustrated by David Knight. Fine housed in a near fine slipcase. More
Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Company, 1880. Hardcover. First edition, second state (with the frontispiece captioned "Titian's Moses"). Thick octavo. 631pp., [1pp.] Illustrated by W. Fr. Brown, True Williams, B. Day and other artists - with also three or four pictures made by the author of this book, without outside help;..... More
Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Company, 1880. Hardcover. First edition, second state (with the frontispiece captioned "Titian's Moses"); author's frontispiece portrait is state B.. Thick octavo. 631pp., [1pp.] Illustrated by W. Fr. Brown, True Williams, B. Day and other artists - with also three or four pictures made by the author..... More
London: Watts & Co., (1936). Hardcover. First edition thus with new Introduction by S.K. Ratcliffe. 16mo. xxxix, 114pp. [6]pp. Owner's bookplate on front pastedown, spine tanned and cocked with ends bumped, else a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. More
London: Ebury Press, 1994. Hardcover. First edition. Very good hardcover with purple silk ribbon tie. First Printing. The book spine ends and cover corners have light chipping. The book covers have light fading. The text is clean. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another..... More
(Easthampton): Cheloniidae Press, 1985. Softcover. The Cheloniidae edition. Illustrated with fifteen wood engravings by Alan James Robinson. An Afterword by Samuel Clemens. "In English. Then in French. Then Clawed Back into a Civilized Language Once More by Patient, Unremunerated Toil." Hand-sewn pages with pictorial green wrappers. Light crease on topedge..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1931) [circa1936]. Hardcover. Later printing. Light offsetting on title, page edges lightly soiled and foxed, very good lacking the dust jacket. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, (2010). Hardcover. Later printing of the complete and authoritative edition. Volume one (of three) only. Quarto. 736pp. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: George Robertson, 1871. Hardcover. First Australian edition, cloth issue. Green cloth lettered in gilt, gilt vignette on the front board, ruled and decorated on the rear board in blind. (19), 10-383, (1)pp. A small owner name on the front fly, front hinge tender, a bit of foxing, some scattered..... More
Petaluma, California: Anchor & Acorn Press, 1998. Softcover. First edition. Small quarto. 20pp. Stapled wrappers. Fine. One of 220 copies printed. More
[Circa 1882]. Unbound. A small card, approximately 3" x 5", with the author's engraved monogram in red. Paper clip shadow on the left side, as well as a modest paper remnant on the verso where the card was tipped into a scrapbook, just touching the last letter in his signature..... More
[No place]: Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson, 189[6-9?]. Unbound. Small partially printed broadside call sheet. Printed in blue ink with blank spaces left to be filled in (this copy not filled out). Old folds with old paper tape repairs or restoration on the verso, very good. A broadside form relaying where..... More
Unbound. Octavo leaf. Measuring 5" x 8". Dated October 20, 1903 and addressed to Robert Underwood Johnson, the editor of *The Century Magazine*. Small shadow at bottom of the page, likely from a small stamp hinge, old folds from mailing with small tears at the ends of one fold, very..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (1980). Softcover. First edition. Edited by Sidney E. Berger. Trade paperback. xii, 384pp. Foxing on page edges, owner stamp on bottom page edges, very good. One of Twain's best known tales, of look-alike changelings, murder, and an early use of fingerprint evidence by the..... More
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, (1968). Softcover. Later printing. Trade paperback. 119pp. Pages evenly age-toned, foxing on wrappers, about very good. A Spectrum Book, S-812. More
[No place]: Privately Printed, 1920. Softcover. First edition. Stapled wrappers. 9, (1)pp. A bit of soiling and offsetting, mostly to the front wrap, and a tiny nick on the front wrap, still very good or better. One of 200 numbered copies. Short bibliography intended for the not-so-completist. More
Dickerson, MD: Quill & Brush, 2004. Hardcover. 2004 (current) edition. 75 page bibliography and price-guide. A thorough guide to identifying and collecting first editions, advance copies, limited editions, etc. The AUTHOR PRICE GUIDES (APGs) include a facsimile of the author's signature; a brief biographical sketch; an up-to-date list of the..... More
New York: Caedmon Records, [circa 1960s]. Unbound. Original 33 1/2 rpm vinyl album. Fine in a near fine pictorial cardboard sleeve with some toning, still sealed. Caedmon TC 1205. More
New York: The New Yorker Magazine, 1979. Softcover. Magazine. Cover art by Owen Smith. Small quarto. 188pp. Stapled wrappers. A bit of wear at the spine ends, near fine. Includes "A newly discovered episode from 'Huckleberry Finn'" by Mark Twain; a book review by John Updike; a poem by Ted..... More
Iowa City: Windhover Press, 1976. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Eleanor Simmons. Tall octavo. Cloth with printed paper label on front cover. Boards a little bowed, thus near fine. Copy number 75 of 100 numbered copies printed from Bembo types on Rives Heavy paper. One of the scarcer books from..... More
(New York: Medallic Art Co., 1935). Uniface rectangular bronze medallion. Measures approximately 2 ¼” x 3 ½”. Designed by John Flanagan, one of the leading medalists in America. The design depicts Mark Twain seated in profile holding a calabash pipe; below him are standing figures of Tom Sawyer and Huck..... More
(Berkeley): The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1985. Softcover. First edition. Tall octavo. 91pp. Illustrated. Printed wrappers with yapped edges. Topedge very lightly foxed, yapped edges modestly worn, a bright, near fine copy. Prints facsimiles, as well as an account of Twain's literary use of "the bloody encounters at Compromise..... More
New York: Pynson Printers, [1930]. Unbound. Exhibition announcement. Color illustration by Donald McKay. One small quarto sheet folded to make four pages, printed on the first page only. First leaf with a corner crease else fine. The event was held at Pynson Printers, December, 1930 - January, 1931. More