![[Text in Russian] Sovetskaia Tsvetnaia Graviura (Reztsovaia graviura, ofort, akvatinta, monotipiia). Iz Kollektsii graviurnogo kabineta Gosudarstvennogo Muzeia Izobrazitel'nykh Iskusstv im. A.S. Pushkina](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/252/089/1292089252.0.m.jpg)
[Text in Russian] Sovetskaia Tsvetnaia Graviura (Reztsovaia graviura, ofort, akvatinta, monotipiia). Iz Kollektsii graviurnogo kabineta Gosudarstvennogo Muzeia Izobrazitel'nykh Iskusstv im. A.S. Pushkina
by TUROVA, V.V. and K.V. Bezmenova
[Moskva: Sov. Khudozhnik, 1978]. First Edition. Quarto (29cm.); publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards, upper cover lettered in silver foil; [8]pp. & 82 ll. of color plates. Light shelf wear at spine ends, else Near Fine. Catalog of Soviet prints.
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A Tale of the Yellowstone; or, in a Wagon Through Western Wyoming and Wonderland. Compiled from letters furnished 'The Souvenir' of Jefferson, Iowa, by the author, during the Summer of 1898 - about one hundred views given of scenes en route
by TURRILL, Gardner Stilson
Jefferson, IA: The G.S. Turrill Publishing Co, 1901. First Edition. First printing. Large octavo (25cm). Original yellow-tan cloth, titles printed in black on front cover; viii,128pp; illus. Some dusting and wear to cloth; occasional thumbsoil to text; still a sound, straight and unmarked copy, Very Good. A well-preserved copy of this elusive photographically-illustrated title, documenting Yellowstone and western... Read More
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![The Pavement of Hell [Review Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/699/955/1401955699.0.m.jpg)
The Pavement of Hell [Review Copy]
by TUSHNET, Leonard
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1972. First Edition. First Printing, a review copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. Octavo (21.5cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xii,210,[2]pp. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped (priced $7.95), with light wear to extremities, gentle sunning to spine, and two short tears with attendant creasing at... Read More
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All Manner of Monks [Inscribed & Signed]
by TVEDTEN, Benet; Gaylord Schanilec, design
[St. Paul]: New Rivers Press, 1985 [c. 1986]. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's photo-illustrated card wrappers designed by Gaylord Schanliec; 101pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Light wear to wrapper extremities, else Very Good to Near Fine. Warmly inscribed and signed by the author on half title to the late Minnesota poet John Rezmerski. Minnesota Voices Project Number 27.
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A Tramp Abroad
by TWAIN, Mark [pseud.; Samuel Clemens]
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1897. Reprint. Large octavo (23cm). Brown cloth, stamped in gilt on front and spine, all edges sprinkled red; plain endpapers; [i]-xvi [17]-631,[1]pp; full-page and in-text wood engravings throughout. Mildly cocked, spine sunned, wear to corners, Good or better. The fourth of Twain's travel narratives, in a subscription issue that coincided with the publication... Read More
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Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
by TWAIN, Mark [pseud. Samuel Clemens]
New York: Harper and Brothers, [1916]. Reprint (C-Q on copyright page). Red cloth, stamped in white, blue, and black, title in white on spine; plain endpapers; [iv], [1]-[121]pp; list of works opposite half-title; frontispiece by Albert Levering. A straight, tight copy, rubbed and faded: Very Good. For the first edition, see BAL 3551 and MCBRIDE p.234.
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The American Claimant
by TWAIN, Mark (pseud S.L. Clemens)
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co, 1892. First Edition. Octavo. Olive-green cloth, titled in gilt with pictorial elements in black; 277,(1) + 8pp publisher's catalog; illus. Mild rubbing and a hint of darkening to cloth at extremities; small (
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Christian Science, With Notes Containing Corrections to Date
by TWAIN, Mark
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1907. First Edition. First printing: with "Published February, 1907," with the correct number of titles in the boxed advertisement; the list of illustrations set in 8 lines; a perfect r in "farm-houses" on p.3, and the standard W in "Why," p.5; and the first state of the frontispiece, captioned 1906. Octavo (20cm). Red cloth,... Read More
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Selected Mark Twain-Howells Letters 1872-1910
by TWAIN, Mark; Frederick Anderson (ed.) et al.
Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1967. Octavo (1967). Blue cloth in blue and white dust jacket; xiv,[454]pp. Fine. Jacket lightly rubbed, with large chip at head: Very Good.
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Poor Little Stephen Girard
by TWAIN, Mark [pseud. Samuel L. Clemens]; Nicolett, illus
New York: Schocken Books, [1981]. First Thus. Slim 12mo (19.5cm.); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; unpaged; color illus. throughout. Minor wear along board extremities, old price sticker to rear jacket panel, else Very Good to Near Fine. Awarded the 1979 Bologna Graphic Prize for the Best Illustrated Book of the Year.
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'1601' A Fireside Conversation: As Written by the Ingenuous, Virtuous and learned
by TWAIN, Mark
[n.p.]: Devil's Hole, [n.d.]. Limited Edition Reprint. One of 125 copies, this copy being out of series, printed only for subscribers at Devil's Hole. Octavo (17cm); purple cloth-covered boards; [4],5-31,[1]pp. Mild external wear, with sunning to spine and board edges, and tiny hole to rear hinge; Good. Concludes with two printed letters, one from John Hay to Alexander Gunn... Read More
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Mark Twain's Autobiography and First Romance
by TWAIN, Mark (aka Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
New York: Sheldon & Company, 1872. First Edition. First Printing. Blanck's first state, with no ads on verso of copyright page. Octavo (19cm); terra-cotta cloth stamped in gilt on cover; 47,(1)pp; illus. Rubbing to boards, with bottom board corners exposed; scattered mild foxing, mostly in margins; Very Good. BAL 3326.
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A Dog's Tale
by TWAIN, Mark (aka Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1904. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); red pictorial cloth; stamped in black and white on cover; spine lettered in white; 36pp.; small bump to upper & lower board; spine ends lightly pushed; titles on spine rubbed; former owner's name and dated on ffep; a Near Fine copy. (BAL, 3483), (JOHNSON, 78-79) The... Read More
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English As She Is Taught. With biographical sketch of author by Matthew Irving Lans
by TWAIN, Mark [pseud Samuel L Clemens]
Boston: Mutual Book Co, [1900]. First American Edition. First printing. Wrappered issue. Second state of text, with typographical error corrected on p.16. 12mo. Text edges untrimmed. Original printed wrappers, 28,(2)pp. A pleasing copy, just lightly worn with the text fresh, clean and unmarked. Humorous extracts from the writing of public schoolchildren, intended not as a lampoon of schoolchildren... Read More
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The Innocents Abroad, or the New Pilgrims' Progress
by TWAIN, Mark
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869. First Edition. First issue, with all points. Octavo (23cm). Rebound in blue morocco and marbled paper, titled in gilt on spine; marbled endpapers; [i]xviii [19]-651, [5]pp; 5pp of publisher's ads at rear; double frontispiece, 14 plates inserted, and relief illustrations throughout. Modern binding fresh and sound, if slightly sunned at spine; internally with one... Read More
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Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. Now first published in complete form
by TWAIN, Mark [pseud Samuel L. Clemens]; True Williams, illus
Hartford: The American Publishing Co, 1875. First edition. First printing. Second state of text, with footnote on p.120 removed, lacking "From Hospital Days" on p.299. Tall octavo (22cm); publisher's blue decorated cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; pale tan (Blanck states "peach") endpapers; 320 pp; illus. Slight rubbing at spine ends and board corners; a hint... Read More
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Merry Tales
by TWAIN, Mark
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892. First Edition. First printing, binding A without the inserted portrait (as issued). 12mo (19cm). Grey-green cloth stamped in gilt, taupe, and blue; white and grey floral patterned endpapers; [i]-vi [7]-209,[9]; 8pp publisher's ads at rear. Rubbed at edges, lacking front free endpaper, crack to binidng between pp144-145: Good or better. BAL 3435. ... Read More
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English As She Is Taught
by TWAIN, Mark [pseud. Samuel Clemens]
Boston: Mutual Book Company, [1900]. First American Edition. Second state, with "five" spelled correctly on p. 16, line 5. Preceded by the London edition. In grey paper wrappers, printed in black and red; 28, [4]pp; one-page publisher's ad at rear. Ex-library, with bookplate, embossed stamps, and cancellation mark from the Bennington Free Library, VT. Bright, with minor chips to... Read More
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by TWAIN, Mark (pseud. of Samuel L. Clemens); DOREN, Carl Van (introduction); GUILBEAU, Honoré (illustrations)
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1983. Limited Edition. Quarto (29cm); full dark red leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; xii,[2],3-269,[7]pp; illus. A Fine copy, with the Publisher's Note pamphlet laid in. Part of "The Collector's Library of Famous Editions" series. [81840].
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Mark Twain's Notebook. Prepared for Publication with Comments by Albert Bigelow Paine
by TWAIN, Mark [pseud. Samuel L. Clemens]
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1935. First Edition. Large octavo (24.25cm.); original blue cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; xi,[1],413pp.; photographic frontispiece, two leaves of plates, including facsimiles. Spine a bit cocked and a shade faded, light edge wear; front hinge cracked at frontispiece, contemporary bookplate to front pastedown accomplished in manuscript. Still, Near Very Good.... Read More
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Life on the Mississippi
by TWAIN, Mark
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First Edition. First printing, first state, intermediate A (B?), with the tailpiece showing the head of Mark Twain in flames on p.441, but with the caption on p.443 reading "St. Charles." Octavo (23cm). Brown cloth stamped in black and gilt; plain endpapers; 625pp; frontispiece and in-text wood engravings. Cloth rubbed, most gilt... Read More
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The American Claimant
by TWAIN, Mark
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Grey-green cloth stamped in gilt, black, and gray; plain endpapers; [i]-[xvi] 17-277 [278],[8]pp; 8pp publisher's catalogue at rear; frontispiece and in-text illustrations. Embossed dealer's stamp of R. M. Hays & Bros, Hagerstown, MD, to front free endpaper. A sound but much rubbed copy, spine browned with gilt... Read More
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Huckleberry Finn
by TWAIN, Mark
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1994. Limited Edition. 8vo. 24cm x 16cm. Publisher's dark red full leather titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards. A fine, unread copy. 396pp. Internally clean. All edges gilt. Silk moiré endpapers. Silk page ribbon. A limited edition copy of Twain's classic, from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series.
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![Laurence and Eleanor Hutton, Their Books of Association [Presentation Copy to William Henry Bliss]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/382/463/1616463382.0.m.jpg)
Laurence and Eleanor Hutton, Their Books of Association [Presentation Copy to William Henry Bliss]
by [TWAIN] WOOD, M.E.
New York: Privately Printed, 1905. First, Limited Edition. No. 77 of 152 numbered copies. This copy warmly inscribed on the front pastedown: "To William Bliss / I am sure you will find a place for this book about a library which you liked in your own library - it goes to you with love from us both," signed Eleanor... Read More
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Twelvetree's Washing Pamphlet [drop title]
by TWELVETREE, H.
New York: H. Twelvetree, [1850]. First Edition. Octavo bifolium (ca. 24cm.); darkening along previous folds, dampstaining most heavily along bottom margin, contemporary manuscript note to upper panel, else Good or better overall. Advertising circular for Twelvetree's secret washing material which "REQUIRES no rubbing, no machine, and no previous knowledge, no extra washing utensils, and may be used by a... Read More
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