Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (Boston, James R. Osgood, 1883)
Highlights from PBA Galleries' Fine Literature/With Mysteries & Sci-fi/Queer Literature & Art/Beats & the Counterculture include these Mark Twain volumes:
The Gilded Age by Mark Twain and C.D. Warner (Hartford, American Publishing Company, 1874)
First edition, later issue, in the scarce half morocco publisher's binding. Twain's first novel, whose title gave the era its name. The character Eschol Sellers (here changed to Beriah) changed his name after an actual Eschol Sellers threatened suit on the publishers.
The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark Twain (Hartford, American Publishing Company, 1869)
First Edition, Second State. Scarce in the publisher's Morocco binding. The Innocents Abroad was Mark Twain's first really commercial success. The book was issued by the American Publishing Co., which specialized in subscription books. On the basis of this title, for a number of years following, all of the Mark Twain books were published on the same basis.
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (Boston, James R. Osgood, 1883)
First U.S. Edition. Profusely illustrated throughout. At the request of Mrs. Clemens, the tailpiece was removed in later states, as she felt it too morbid.
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The Gilded Age by Mark Twain and C.D. Warner (Hartford, American Publishing Company, 1874)
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The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark Twain (Hartford, American Publishing Company, 1869)
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The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories by Mark Twain (New York, Charles L. Webster, 1893)
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Mark Twain's Autobiography by Mark Twain (New York, Harper & Brothers, 1924)
The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories by Mark Twain (New York, Charles L. Webster, 1893)
First Edition. Frontispiece illustration by Dan Beard with tissue-guard. Original decorative tan cloth stamped in gilt, black and olive, spine lettered in gilt, in gilt-stamped custom cloth slipcase and chemise.
Mark Twain's Autobiography by Mark Twain (New York, Harper & Brothers, 1924)
Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine. Frontispieces with printed tissue guards. (8vo) contemporary three-quarter tan pigskin, raised bands, blind-stamped lettering, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. First Edition. There is a typed statement tipped in to volume 1 from the San Francisco bookselling firm of Newbegin's Books stating: "First issue of the first edition...hand-bound in three-quarter pigskin. This is one set of 100 issued for Mark Twin collectors."
