[a beautiful copy of the true fir] (Tom Sawyer's Comrade.) With 174 Illustrations. London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. 32 pp ads dated Oct 1884. Original red cloth pictorially decorated in black. First Edition, first state (with the October 1884 ad catalogue). With all of the attention given to the many.....
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892. Original grey-green cloth pictorially decorated in black and dark green. First Edition of this novel in which Twain tried, unsuccessfully, to recreate the character of Colonel Sellers from THE GILDED AGE. This American edition came out in late March or early April.....
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892. Original olive-green cloth pictorially decorated in black and dark green. First Edition of this novel in which Twain tried, unsuccessfully, to recreate the character of Colonel Sellers from THE GILDED AGE. This American edition came out in late March or early April.....
![Item #14784 A BOY'S ADVENTURE [The Whipping Boy's Story]. Mark Twain](/pictures/thumb/14784.jpg?v=1625755264)
From the Bazaar Budget, Hartford, June 4, 1880. [No place: privately printed for Merle Johnson, 1928.] Original folded leaf forming four pages. First Edition. Twain originally wrote this chapter, "The Whipping Boy's Story" -- the tale of a boy trying to ride an unrideable bull -- as part of THE.....
New York: Sheldon & Company, n.d. [1871]. Original printed wrappers. First Edition, second state (with the Ball Black & Co. ad on the inside front cover) of this comically-illustrated burlesque. This title was also issued in cloth. This is a near-fine copy (very little wear other than one small corner chip.....
New York: Sheldon & Company, n.d. [1871]. Original green cloth. First Edition, first issue (without the Ball Black & Co. advertisement on the title verso). This is very early Twain -- his third book, preceded only by THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG and THE INNOCENTS ABROAD. Twain's "burlesque autobiography" briefly runs.....
being a description of the Leading Business Houses, Manufactories, Inventions, Etc. of the Pacific Coast, together with Copious and Readable Selections, chiefly from California Writers. Compiled by J. Price and C.S. Haley. San Francisco: Francis & Valentine..., 1872. Original dark olive cloth, with "Tales, Sketches, Poetry and Music" in gilt.....
London: Chatto & Windus, 1882. 32 pp ads dated May 1882. Original red cloth pictorially decorated in black. First Edition of this collection of tales, which preceded the American edition by about a week (Blanck) or by four days (Johnson). The title tale is Mark Twain's jab at detectives, both.....
London: Chatto & Windus, 1882. 32 pp ads dated May 1882. Original red cloth pictorially decorated in black. First Edition of this collection of tales, which preceded the American edition by about a week (Blanck) or by four days (Johnson). The title tale is Mark Twain's jab at detectives, both.....
London: Chatto & Windus, 1882. 32 pp ads dated May 1882. Original red cloth pictorially decorated in black. First Edition of this collection of tales, which preceded the American edition by about a week (Blanck) or by four days (Johnson). The title tale is Mark Twain's jab at detectives, both.....
With 26 Illustrations by Dan Beard. London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. 32 pp ads dated Feb 1894. Original red cloth pictorially decorated in black. First English Edition, apparently published one day after the American one (though this is far from certain). In this tale Tom, Huck and Jim travel about.....
With Marginal Illustrations. Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1894. Original terra-cotta cloth decorated in black. First Edition, first printing, of "Those Extraordinary Twins," which had not yet been published in the U.K.; First American Edition, first printing, of "Pudd'nhead Wilson," which had appeared a few weeks earlier in Britain. PUDD'NHEAD.....
With Marginal Illustrations. Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1894. Original terra-cotta cloth decorated in black. First Edition, first printing, of "Those Extraordinary Twins," which had not yet been published in the U.K.; First American Edition, first printing, of "Pudd'nhead Wilson," which had appeared a few weeks earlier in Britain. PUDD'NHEAD.....
Being Heretofore Uncollected Sketches published in the Golden Era in the Sixties... With Many Drawings by Lloyd Hoff. Collected and Edited, with an Introduction by Franklin Walker. San Francisco: George Fields, 1938. Original green paper-covered boards with black cloth spine and green spine label, with dust jacket. First Edition of.....
![Item #14856 THE £1,000,000 [MILLION POUND] BANK-NOTE and Other New Stories. Mark Twain](/pictures/thumb/14856.jpg?v=1634236021)
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1893. 9 pp undated ads. Original tan cloth decorated in brown, black and gilt. First Edition of this collection of nine pieces -- some fiction and some non-fiction. The title tale speculates what would happen if a perfectly honest American chap were turned.....
By The Sieur Louis de Conte (her page and secretary). Freely Translated... by Jean François Alden. Illustrated from Original Drawings by F.V. du Mond. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. 2 pp undated ads. Original red cloth stamped in gold and silver. First Edition, first issue, of Mark Twain's last.....
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. Original yellow-orange boards with white cloth spine, with dust jacket. First Edition, being the fifth volume in Boni & Liveright's "Penguin Series." Published nine years after his death, this is one of Twain's few books that appeared under his real name, without mention of.....
