twelve-early-editions-of-mark-twain-s-works
Lot 795
Twelve Early Editions of Mark Twain's Works
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
To include: ROUGHING IT (Hartford: American Publishing Co.,1872), small quarto, later state first edition, still with ad on page 592, rebound with black cloth, internally good with some slits and light foxing); THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER (Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1876), small quarto, later state first edition, rebound in dark blue cloth (lacking title page; internal splits and moderate soiling); A TRAMP ABROAD (Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1880), small quarto, first edition, rebound with black boards (internally very good); Two (2) copies of THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER (Boston: James R. Osgood & Company, 1882), small quarto, green boards (both copies soiled, one with broken spine); THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (New York: Charles L. Webster & Co.,1885), small quarto, later state first edition bound in scarce blue cloth (wear to boards; foxing on tissue over Twain's bust; even age toning throughout); THE GILDED AGE (Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1892), small quarto (stains and wear to boards); FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR (Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1897) small quarto, original blue boards with color illustration on the cover (frontis with Twain photo dis-bound; overall a clean, but worn, copy); THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG AND OTHER STORIES AND ESSAYS (New York: Harper Brothers Publishers, 1900) octavo, red cloth (stains and fading to the spine, else in clean, very good condition); ENGLISH AS SHE TAUGHT IT (Boston: Mutual Book Company, 1900), small octavo, green linen boards (very good); EXTRACTS FROM ADAM'S DIARY (New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1904), small octavo, red boards (very good); THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR (New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919), small octavo, yellow boards (very good).

$600 - 1,200