AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN: The Complete and Authoritative Edition, Volume 1. by Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens, 1835-1910 ); Harriet E. Smith, editor with associate editors Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Sharon K. Goetz, and Leslie Diane Myrick - (2010)

Berkeley, CA:: University of California Press,, (2010). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. First edition of the first volume of Twain's autobiography, assembled by the Mark Twain Project of The Bancroft Library and first published on the 100th anniversary of the author's death based on his strict instructions, uncensored and exactly as he wrote it, brimming with humor, ideas and opinions. Includes list of manuscripts, black and white photographs, explanatory notes and appendices, index. A massive volume - xix, 736 pp. Despite its size, this monumental work went into several printings, and the true first with a complete number line is quite uncommon. The first printing was reported as only 7500 copies, a very small number for a book which was unexpectedly very popular.