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Three Mark Twain Related Works, including:... (Total: 3 Items)
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Three Mark Twain Related Works, including: Mary Lawton. A Lifetime with Mark Twain: The Memories of Katy Leary, for thirty years his faithful and devoted servant. Written by Mary Lawton. With Many Illustrations. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1925]. First edition. Octavo. xviii, 352 pages. Several photographically illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Very light rubbing to the covers, some bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Edgar Marquess Branch. The Literary Apprenticeship of Mark Twain: With Selections from his Apprentice Writing. By Edgar Marquess Branch. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, MCML. First edition. Octavo. xiv, 325 pages. Frontispiece portrait. Notes. Index. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt on a black label. Very light rubbing to the cover, very minor bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, tiny paint marks to the bottom corners, previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper, slight staining to the front free endpaper from the facing bookplate. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Cuyler Reynolds, New York at the Jamestown Exposition. Norfolk, Virginia. April 26 to December 1, 1907. Prepared by Cuyler Reynolds, Historian. Albany, N. Y.: J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1909. Quarto. 569 pages. Several photographic illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. The front cover also displays a seal in white and gilt. Lightly rubbed covers, very slight bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, some white spotting to the edges and back cover. Altogether a very good copy. Mark Twain material is found on pages 407, 411, and 414 to 419, including photographic illustrations.Auction Info
2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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June, 2008
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