Search Results: Mark Twain from EGR books

Hardcover. Condition: NF. First Edition. First State.. BAL 3436. Frontispiece by Dan Beard. 260 pp. with 9 pages of ads. Original tan publisher's cloth with pictorial decoration on the front board in gilt, brown, and black, and gilt title on spine. A group of short stories from Twain. Tightly bound, solid, and square. Cloth has very little soiling. Clean interior including end papers. Little to no wear to edges. Slight wear to tips. Spine slightly darkened and rubbed at foot and crown with a little loss to surface layer of the cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. First Edition. First State.. BAL 3436. Frontispiece by Dan Beard. 260 pp. with 9 pages of ads. Original tan publisher's cloth with pictorial decoration on the front board in gilt, brown, and black, and gilt title on spine. A group of short stories from Twain. Tightly bound, solid, and square. Soiling to cloth. Ex Libris book plate on inside board. Ownership inscription on FFEP. Interior pages clean. Little to no wear to edges. Slight wear to tips. Spine slightly darkened and rubbed at foot and crown.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. BAL 3434. 8vo. Frontispiece and 23 b/w illustrations by Dan Beard. 277 pages + 8 pages of advertisements. Original olive green pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt. Internally clean. Wear to tips, corners, and cloth at the crown and foot of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. BAL 3434. 8vo. Frontispiece and 23 b/w illustrations by Dan Beard. 277 pages + 8 pages of advertisements. Original olive green pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt. Internally clean. Bound tightly. A bit of wear to tips, corners, and cloth at the crown and foot of spine. Cloth is faded. Owner's bookplate on inside front board. Owner inscription on FFEP as well as date stamp "Sep 15 1892."

First edition. First state. BAL 3497. VG+/NF All of the earliest issue points present. 8 vo. Original red cloth. Light fading to the spine; two small marks on front cover.

Hardcover VG. First Trade Edition. BAL 3451. Hardcover. First Edition. Decorated blue cloth. Illustrated with a frontispiece, plates, and text engravings. This copy has single Hartford imprint and the signature "11" at page 161. Former owner's bookplate on inside board. The inner joints are open but firm. Some edge wear to spine, boards, and tips. Some light spotting to front and rear boards. Some rubbing/color loss to elephant imprint on cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition, third state of the author's second book with "The History of the Bible advertisement on page 654. BAL 3316. Octavo, bound in publisher's original cloth. Tight, square, and solidly bound. Spine has been professionally re-backed and old spine label laid over. End papers replaced as well, not the original. Some light spotting to boards and edge wear to bottom boards. Text block edges have tanned. Internally clean with some tanning to end papers. It was the best-selling of Twain's works during his lifetime, as well as being one of the best-selling travel books of all time.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Two volumes. Burgundy boards with gilt text and gilt top edge. Clean interior. Very light edgewear. Faint stain to upper board (near hinge) and spine of Volume 2. Large item. Additional postage may be necessary.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Slipcase. Very Good. First edition, second state with illustration entitled "Titian's Moses." From the library of Eugene Field. 631 pp. plus a 1-page publisher's advertisement at the rear. Rebound in full morocco and decorative endpapers with raised bands. Gilt top edge. Light rubbing to book's extremities. Custom/matching slipcase rubbed on the corners. Original brown cloth bound into the back of the book The book appears to be signed by Mark Twain on the title page and Eugene Field on a rear flyleaf. The signatures, though quite convincing, are likely forgeries made by the famed forger Eugene "Pinny" Field II (1879-1946) and Harry Dayton Sickles, working in tandem. Field's father, Eugene Field (1850-1895), was a newspaper columnist, poet, and book collector. After his death, Eugene Field's book collection passed on to his son. The younger Field developed the ability to imitate the autographs of the authors his father had collected as well as the signature of his… Read More

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 631pp + ad for The Innocents Abroad. BAL 3386. Frontis says "Titian's Moses", not "Moses." Second printing of frontis..Binding B and state B of portraits. Spine edges chipped. Spine cloth is split at top front hinge. Boards have wear at spine hinges, tips and edges. Boards have some soiling. Front hinge a little loose but still holding firmly. Clean interior other than for occasional spots.