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Mark Twain. Six Reference Books on Mark Twain, including:... (Total: 6 Items)
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Mark Twain. Six Reference Books on Mark Twain, including: Mark Twain's Mysterious Stranger: A Study of the Manuscript Texts Sholom J. Kahn. Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, 1978. Octavo. xix, 252 pages. Appendices. Works cited. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Cream dust jacket featuring a portrait of Mark Twain. Black coated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the jacket and a few tiny discolored spots on the jacket, two tiny tears to the bottom of the jacket back and one to the head of the jacket spine, price clipped. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Mark Twain Wit and Wisdom. Edited by Cyuril Clemens. And with a preface by Stephen Leacock. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1935. First edition. Octavo. xi, 167 pages. Publisher's cream cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing and discolored spotting to the covers especially around the spine area, some rubbing and soiling to the jacket especially to the spine, small tears to the jacket edges, price clipped. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] The Love Letters of Mark Twain. Edited and with an Introduction by Dixon Wecter Literary Editor of the Mark Twain Estate. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. First edition. Octavo. 374 pages. Publisher's navy blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. The front cover features a facsimile signature of Mark Twain in blind-stamp. Illustrated dust jacket. The title page is printed in black and dark red. Very minor rubbing to the covers, very slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, some rubbing and soling to the jacket, significant tears to the fore-edges of the jacket, some small tears to the jacket edges. Altogether a good copy. The copyright displays the code letters I - Y, signifying a printing in September 1949. BAL 3579. [and:] Mark Twain at Your Fingertips. Edited by Caroline Thomas Harnsberger. New York: Cloud, Inc., Beechhurst Press, Inc., [1948]. First edition. Octavo. xiv, 559 pages. Bibliography. Indices. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover lettered in gilt over a red area; the title is outlined by a red area on the spine. Red dust jacket lettered in white. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, some rubbing and soiling to the jacket, several tears to the jacket edges, a large piece missing from the foot of the jacket, price clipped. Altogether a good copy. BAL page 254. [and:] Mark Twain's Notebook: Prepared for Publication with Comments by Albert Bigelow Paine. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1935. First edition, first state. Octavo. xi, 413 pages. Four illustrations. Index. Publisher's blue cloth covers with a facsimile signature of Mark Twain in gilt on the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt. The front cover is single ruled in blind-stamp. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers, significant rubbing to the jacket, discolored spotting the to joints of the jacket, discolored jacket spine, some small tears to the jacket edges, a small portion of the head of the jacket spine is missing. Altogether a good copy. [and:] Mark Twain Speaking. Edited by Paul Fatout. [Iowa City]: University of Iowa Press, [1978]. Second Printing. Octavo. xxxi, 688 pages. Chronology. Index. Two frontispieces. Publisher's brown cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Red coated endpapers. Very light rubbing to the covers and jacket, a small tear to the top of the jacket back. Altogether a very good copy.Auction Info
2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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