Search Results: Authors starting with T from Mac Donnell Rare Books

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] Todd, William B. THE NIXON TRANSCRIPTS. Austin: University of Texas, 1976. First edition. 8 1/2 x 11, triple-columns, 4pp. Fine copy of the separately printed off-print version of Todd's article in a UT publication about his bibliographic study of the transcripts of conversations President Richard Nixon had with his fellow Watergate conspirators. Todd was able to prove how many typists prepared the 1,308 pages of material (15 in all), and how many pages of material were deliberately altered or suppressed (271 pages!). The results of his landmark study, in which Todd applied the principles of eighteenth… Read More

[TWAIN, MARK] [Clemens, S. L.] C. A. Transit Company. TICKET GOOD FOR STEAMSHIP AMERICA, SAN FRANCISCO TO NEW YORK, VIA NICARAGUA. San Francisco, Central American Transit Company, 1866. Oblong printed ticket blank with stub still attached (4 x 12 inches). Fine. On December 15, 1866, Twain boarded the "America" in San Francisco, steamed to Nicaragua, arriving on December 30, crossed the Isthmus, and boarded the `San Francisco' and steamed on to New York, arriving on January 12, where he soon published his first book and began in earnest his literary career. See Kaplan's MR. CLEMENS, MARK TWAIN (p.… Read More

Trollope, Anthony. THE STRUGGLES OF BROWN, JONES, AND ROBINSON, BY ONE OF THE FIRM. London: Smith, Elder, 1870. First English edition. Original tan cloth, covers printed in black and stamped in gilt, uncut. Recased with repairs to ends of spine, wear to covers, but a good copy of a very scarce title that is seldom seen in original cloth. The four illustrations in this edition did not appear in the very rare first American edition of 1862. Sadleir 15a.

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] THE INNOCENTS ABROAD. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869. First edition, third state. Original black cloth, gilt. A very good clean tight crisp copy but for an even line of fraying at spine ends. Twain's second book and first best-seller. BAL 3316.

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER. New York: Harper, 1910. First edition thus, illustrated by Worth Brehm. Original red cloth, gilt, t.e.g. A very good copy of a very scarce book. This edition was copyrighted October 13, 1910. These illustrations by Brehm (1883-1928) were extremely popular. The commonly seen 1920s undated reprints (black cloth, color printed label on front cover) are frequently mistaken (or misrepreented) as the 1910 first edition; the first edition (clearly dated "MCMX" on the title-page) is extremely scarce in the market for reasons that are not entirely clear, but the etxt… Read More

[TWAIN, MARK] [Clemens, S. L.] POSTCARD OF ST. LOUIS HARBOR BOAT `MARK TWAIN.' [St. Louis, 1907] Black and white postcard of the St. Louis harbor boat `Mark Twain' at the edge of the shore with its gang-plank down, unloading and loading cargo. This is the rarer of the two recorded postcards known that picture this famous steamboat, the last steamboat piloted by Mark Twain. In 1902, after his visit to Hannibal, Twain stopped in St. Louis and rechristened the harbor boat `City of St. Louis' as the `Mark Twain.' He took the wheel for a short excursion around the harbor, but when he saw some ripples ahead and could not be sure… Read More

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN. Berkeley: University of California Press [2010-13-15] 3 vols. First editions, first printings, uncorrected proof copies. Original pictorial wrappers. Fine set. The first comprehensive scholarly edited version of Twain's autobiography, edited by Harriet Elinor Smith. The first printing of the first volume was anticipated to be 7,500 copies, but advance orders boosted it to 50,000 copies, and in less than three years over 500,000 copies had been sold. The second and third volumes did not sell as well. The print runs for these advance proof copies is unknown, but it… Read More

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876. First edition, first printing. Original decorated blue cloth, gilt. Fore-edges of five leaves browned or frayed due to having once been slightly sprung, spine ends heavily worn, some foxing and scattered stains in text; but a good tight copy. The first printing was 5,000 copies, and by January, 1877, 9,879 copies had been printed and bound. Advance subscription orders called for a second printing before the day of publication, so even those very first buyers of this book stood only a fifty precent chance of getting a copy of the first printing. "For once, the natural rights of the small boy were set forth by a great writer who remembered his own childhood, when he had indeed inveigled some boys into whitewashing a fence for him, given pain-killer to his cat, teased his brother unmercifully, and continually sharpened his wits in devising ways of escaping punishment .... [this book] let fresh air into… Read More

[TWAIN, MARK] [Clemens, S. L.] REAL PHOTO POSTCARD OF MARK TWAIN AT HIS BOYHOOD HOME. Hannibal: Frazer Studios [ca. 1920] Oblong real photo card showing the Tomlinson image of Twain posing in front of the boyhood home. Frazer Studios was established in 1919 when Tomlinson's daughter Jean married Hal Frazer. Unused.

[TWAIN, MARK] [Clemens, S. L.] HANNIBAL, MO. LICENSE TAG AND RECEIPT. Hannibal, Missouri, 1941. Window-mounted license tag, unused, with peel-off backing still intact (printed with mounting instructions), with the original receipt made out to a Hannibal resident. This was a city tag, that was required by the Hanniballian authorities in addition to the state tag. Mark Twain's portrait appears at the center of the tag itself which was intended to be stuck on the windshield. The ultimate example of Mark Twain ephemera, and a classic indication of the depth of the Twain identity in his home town.

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. New York: Charles L. Webster, 1891. First edition, intermediate state A (with Twain pictured in flames), the rare Webster issue. Original brown pictorial cloth, gilt. Spine gilt a little dull, mild rubbing, sampstain on rear cover, else a very good tight copy in the rarest form of issue. This copy has the green floral end papers that match A CONNECTICUT YANKEE rather than the plain gray end papers usually seen. The book was first published in 1883 by James R. Osgood who went bankrupt soon after. When Twain started his own publishing firm he put it in the hands of his… Read More

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] EXTRACTS FROM ADAM'S DIARY BOOKMARK. [New York: Harper, 1904]. Promotional bookmark issued by Harper to advertise the first edition of the book, with portrait (Sarony, 1884) of Twain, blurb, etc. On verso is an ad for Josephine Daskam's THE MEMOIRS OF A BABY, also published by Harper in 1904. Unrecorded, but we locate three other examples. This is the earliest known advertising bookmark for any of Twain's works. Cf. BAL 3480.

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] MARK TWAIN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. New York: Harper, 1924. 2 vols. First edition, first printings (with "H-Y" the correct code letters), state A with ads at end of second volume (no priority). Original blue cloth, gilt, top edge gilt, dust jackets, in original publisher's box. Very fine fresh set in near fine dust jackets, the box somewhat worn and dusty but solid. This work was a bestseller in 1924 and when the first volume of the complete Autobiography was published in 2010 it also became a bestseller. BAL 3537.

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] Harper Brothers. HARPER'S JUNE... [New York: Harper's Magazine] 1895. Single sheet folded to 4pp., advertising the new issue of Harper's Magazine, including part three of Twain's `Joan of Arc.' The poster by Edward Penfield for the June issue is reproduced on the first page. These leaflets advertising Twain's first appearances in this magazine were distributed to newsstands and bookshops, and are quite scarce. Fine.

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] HUCK FINN & TOM SAWYER AMONG THE INDIANS [contained in] LIFE. New York: Time, Inc., December 20, 1968. Original color pictorial wrappers. First printing.

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] Harper Brothers. HARPER'S SEPTEMBER... [New York: Harper's Magazine] 1896. Single sheet folded to 4pp., advertising the new issue of Harper's Magazine, including the second installment of Twain's `Tom Sawyer, Detective.' The first page reproduces the Edward Penfield poster used to advertise this issue of the magazine, the second and third pages list the contents including a description of Twain's contribution, and the last page reproduces an illustration used in the magazine for Twain's story. These leaflets were distributed at bookshops and newsstands (this one has the imprint… Read More

[TWAIN, MARK] [Clemens, S. L.] HOME OF MARK TWAIN, HANNIBAL, MO. [Melrose Heights, Mass.: Shepard Manufacturing Co., 1906] Sterling silver spoon with raised relief in bowl with a portrait of Mark Twain, and his facsimile signature above his head. The front of the handle shows his boyhood home, the old mill, the "Huckleberry Finn Home," the cave entrance, and the word "Hannibal." The back of the handle shows the bridge, the library, the high school, and the lime kiln. The hallmark on this spoon is an "S" within a circle and the word "Sterling" but no other marks. The earliest pattern we have seen on a souvenir spoon… Read More

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] Harper Brothers. HARPER'S AUGUST... [New York: Harper's Magazine] 1896. Single sheet folded to 4pp., advertising the new issue of Harper's Magazine, including part one of Twain's `Tom Sawyer Detective.' The poster by Edward Penfield for the August issue is reproduced on the first page. Together with HARPER'S SEPTEMBER which advertises the second and final part of the story, also reproducing a Penfield poster. These advertising leaflets for the magazines featuring Twain's first appearances were distributed to newsstands and bookshops, and are quite scarce. Fine. Read More

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. First edition, first state, intermediate state B. Original brown pictorial cloth, gilt. Near fine copy with only minor rubbing at spine ends. Without the illustration of Twain's head in flames at p. 441, but with the caption "St. Louis Hotel" at p. 443. Twain considered this work to be his masterpiece. Chapter 31 contains the first use of fingerprints to solve a crime in fiction, described by Colin Wilson as "a remarkable anticipation of a scientific discovery that was then known to less than half a dozen men." Queen's… Read More

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] AUTOBIOGRAPHY, (BURLESQUE) FIRST ROMANCE, AND MEMORANDA. Toronto: James Campbell & Son [1871] First Canadian edition. Original pictorial plum cloth, gilt. Only the mildest sunning of spine cloth, mild rubbing at ends, else a tight clean copy of a very scarce book. BAL explains that the precise status of this edition is uncertain, and it could precede MEMORANDA FROM THE GALAXY, published in March of 1871. The front cover features Twain's own crude comic drawing of William III, the King of Prussia. BAL 3334. Housed in a quarter leather slipcase.