seven-19th-century-editions-of-mark-twain-classics
Lot 384
Seven 19th Century Editions of Mark Twain Classics
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
All octavo (9.25 in.), to include: Innocents Abroad (Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869), First Edition, 2nd Issue, five ads after text pages, three-quarter leather over marbled boards with slightly raised bands and gilt lettering on spine, marbled endpapers and page ends, numerous engraved illustrations (chipping and wear to boards; small split on top hinge; front endpapers coming loose; overall good condition); Roughing It (Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1872), First Edition, first issue with ad on page 592, three-quarter leather over marbled boards, slightly raised bands on spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers and page ends, illustrated with engravings (shelf wear; some light soiling to pages; good condition or better); The Gilded Age (Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1874), brown linen boards with gilt, numerous engravings (wear and chipping to boards; binding remains tight; very good condition); Mark Twain Sketches, New and Old (Hartford and Chicago: The American Publishing Company, 1884), blue linen pictorial boards with gilt, engraved illustrations (Chips, wear and stains to boards; spine somewhat loose; age toning throughout; fair condition); Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885), rare blue linen pictorial boards with gilt embellishments, later state first edition (shelf wear to boards; some internal damp stains and light soiling; very good condition); The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy of the Extraordinary Twins (Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1894), tan linen boards with gilt, engravings throughout (light shelf wear; split to top pastedown at hinge; overall very good to fine condition); Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World (Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1897), blue linen pictorial boards with gilt, numerous illustrations (shelf wear; binding with some looseness at spine, else very good condition).

Several of the books owner-inscribed; some with pencil notations by dealers.

$800 - 1,500