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Chicago, Illinois: Spencer Press, Inc., 1953. Reprint . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dave Mink. Dj has edgewear with several small tears, light soiling & spine is sun darkened. Light soiling. Light wear. Lightly bumped corners.

Chicago: The Spencer Press Inc, 1953. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. Dave Mink.

Small 4to. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. Small 4to, 366 pp., 174 b&w illustrations including frontispiece, portrait frontispiece with tissue guard (second state). Original library sheep binding expertly rebacked, with title labels to backstrip on red and black morocco. Corners rubbed, minor scattered foxing and chipping, otherwise a nice copy of a scarce binding issue. Ink inscription on front endpaper by the original owner, dated March 12, 1885. § First US edition, mixed issue of the first printing, with a very early ownership inscription dated March 12, 1885. A copy inscribed by Twain is dated Feb. 21, 1885; copies were received from the bindery in November of 1884. Photogravure portrait frontispiece in the second state, with the imprint of the Heliotype Printing Company and with "Karl Gerhardt, Sc." added to the finished edge of the shoulder. Only three substantive changes were introduced after the first printing: at p. 13 the erroneous page reference "88" was changed to "87" (as… Read More

New York: Gabriel Wells, 1922-27. The Definitive edition, one of 1024 numbered sets, with volume one signed by Mark Twain and Albert Bigelow Paine. The publisher states that Twain intended a definitive edition and signed 1024 single leaves in 1906 in anticipation of this edition. Octavo, 37 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine over marbled boards, each volume illustrated with frontispiece and plates. In very good condition.