Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910)

 
 AMERICAN EDITIONS
1601; A Tudor Fireside Conversation1969 Land's End PressSOLD
Adventures of Huckleberry FinnNew York, 1885BAL 3415first edition, title leaf as cancel, page 13: Him and another Man listed at page 88, page 57: reads with the was, page 155: folio reads 15, page 283: state 3 of illustration, portrait frontis: state 1$5,000.00

American Claimant, TheNew York, 1892BAL 3434first edition; green cloth; in a custom case$600.00
American Claimant, TheNew York, 1892BAL 3434first edition; green cloth$500.00
Christian ScienceNew York, 1919BAL 3497first edition, bright cloth boards$175.00
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, ANew York, 1889BAL 3429first edition, later issue: without the "S" like ornament in the caption on page 59; green gilt cloth$900.00
Curious Republic of Gondour, TheNew York, 1919BAL 3527first edition$125.00


Editorial Wild Oats and Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to HeavenNew York, 1905; New York, 1909 first editions; housed in custom slip holders and slipcase$500.00
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to HeavenNew York, 1909BAL 3511first edition; spine fadedSOLD

How To Tell a Story and Other EssaysNew York, 1897BAL 3449first edition; housed in custom case$400.00

Life on the MississippiBoston, 1883BAL 3411first edition, first state: "Twain in flames" at page 441 and St Louis Hotel at page 443; brown cloth with light wear at top and bottom of the front spine; housed in a custom caseSOLD
Life on the MississippiBoston, 1883BAL 3411first edition, second state: no image at page 441 and St Charles Hotel at page 443; brown cloth$ 850.00
Lotos LeavesBoston, 1875BAL 3363first edition; first printing, contains Twain's An Encounter with an Interviewer, green cloth with black and gilt designSOLD
Mark Twain's (Burlesque) AutobiographyNew York, 1871BAL 3326first edition, first state; brown cloth with gilt title$350.00
Mark Twain's First StoryIowa City, 1952BAL 3582Prairie Press; first edition thus, foreword by Franklin J. Meine, paper wrappers$20.00
New War-Scare, TheSanta Barbara, 1981 Neville; edited by James Pepper; #65 of 100 numbered copies$60.00
Personal Recollections of Joan of ArcSalt Lake City, 1914 Special edition printed for the Relief Society of the Curch of Latter Day Saints, clean copy, unusual in dustwrapper$150.00
Prince and the Pauper, TheBoston, 1882BAL 3402first edition with first state Franklin Press imprint, but second state rear endpapers$850.00
Punch, Brothers Punch!New York, 1878BAL 3378first edition, first state; blue cloth some wear at extemeties, front endpaper with defective discoloration at lower joint; housed in a custom case from the library of Jean HersholtSOLD
Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, TheHartford, 1894BAL 3442first edition, first issue; brown cloth$900.00
Tramp Abroad, AHartford, 1880BAL 3386first edition$600.00
£1,000,000 Bank-Note, TheNew York, 1893BAL 3436first editionSOLD
 
ENGLISH EDITIONS published by Chatto & Windus; all housed in custom cases
Life on the MississippiLondon, 1883 decorative red cloth; preceded the American edition$900.00
Mark Twain's Library of HumorLondon, 1888 decorative red cloth$250.00
Pudd'nhead Wilson, A TaleLondon, 1894 decorative red clothSOLD
Tom Sawyer AbroadLondon, 1894 decorative red cloth$450.00
 
EPHEMERA, Etc.
Mark Twain Calendar, The (for 1920)New York, 1919BAL 3685George Sully & Company, printer covers$125.00
Mark Twain's Memory Builder: A Game for Acquiring and Retaining All Sorts of Facts and DatesNew York, 1891BAL 3432Charles L. Webster & Company, two printed sheets and a small labled box of pin markers in a double sided frame$450.00
Bust of Twain; Ron TomsonNew Jersey, 1970 for R. R. Bowker Company, 12 1/2" plaster cast with a copper green patinaSOLD
 
TWAIN STUDIES
Dear, Dear Livy: The Story of Mark Twain's Wife; Stoutenburg, Adrien and Baker, Laura NelsonNew York, 1963 autographed by the authors, printed dust wrapper with sun-faded spine$25.00
Gold Rush Days With Mark Twain; Gillis, William R.New York, 1930 fine in dust wrapperSOLD
Mark Twain in Three Moods: Three New Items of Twainiana; edited by Wecter, DixonSan Marino, 1948Friends of the Huntington Library, limited edition, paper bound, light discoloration, good condition$10.00
Mark Twain: Letters From the EarthNew York 1962 edited by Bernard DeVoto, first edition, dust wrapper$45.00
Mark Twain QuarterlyWebster Groves IL, summer/fall 1938 published by the International Mark Twain Society$5.00
Mark Twain To Mrs. FairbanksSan Marino 1949 edited by Dixon Wecter, first edition, printed by the Plantin Press$15.00
Mark Twain and Science; Cummings, SherwoodBaton Rouge 1988 dust wrapper, first edition, presentation copy$45.00
Mark Twain's Western Years; Benson, IvanStanford University 1938 cloth boards$20.00
Sagebrush Bohemian: Mark Twain in California; Lennon, NigeyNew York 1990 first edition, dust wrapper$10.00

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