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.] POSTCARD. New York: Rotograph Co. [1906] Color photo-engraving of Twain's Hartford home. A beautifully toned image. Unused. We have seen examples of this card postmarked as early as 1906.

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.

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER. New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885. First edition, second state of text, later issue with cancel title-page with Webster imprint. Original green cloth, gilt, with Webster imprint at foot. Some fraying of spine ends and corners, light general rubbing; a very good copy. This is the first of the two Webster re-issues using unsold sheets of the first edition of this title (there was a second in 1887). In 1884, after Osgood went bankrupt, Webster took over the unsold sheets of all of Twain's Osgood printings and re-issued this title with cancel title-pages. From Osgood,… Read More

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] HOW TO TELL A STORY AND OTHER ESSAYS. New York: Harper, 1897. First edition. Original red decorated cloth, gilt, top edge gilt, uncut. A bright crisp copy, near fine. An uncommon title due to the unusually low press run of just 2,000 copies. All copies of the first edition have the misprint ("ciper" for "cipher") in the text; this was not corrected until the book was reprinted. Also, copies of this book without "1897" on the title-page are later editions (not merely "second states" of the first edition) but are often misrepresented as first editions. This volume was the first of only two… Read More

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] MARK TWAIN'S SKETCHES, NEW AND OLD. Hartford: American Pub. Co., 1875. First edition, first state (with the story present at p. 299 along with errata slip). Original blue cloth, gilt. End papers somewhat crudely renewed, else a bright near fine copy of Twain's second collection of short fiction. BAL 3364.

[TWAIN, MARK] [Clemens, S. L.] TRAMP ART CARVING OF THE STEAMBOAT ST. LOUIS. [n.p., n.d., circa 1900-02] 11 x 14 inches, pine or cypress table top, carved to depict the St. Louis harbor steamboat `Port of St. Louis' which was rechristened the `Mark Twain' when Twain himself piloted her around the harbor during his visit in 1902, a few days after his famous visit to his boyhood home in Hannibal. Although there were several steamboats named in Twain's honor during his lifetime, this is the only one he was ever directly connected with in any way, and was in fact, the last steamboat he ever piloted. Unsure… 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. A very good tight clean copy, expertly recased. With a Christmas, 1876 gift inscription. 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 the minds of parents who had shut the door on their own childhood ..." --Grolier… Read More

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] THE NEW PLANET [contained in] HARPER'S WEEKLY. New York: Harper's Weekly, January 30, 1909. Disbound. First printing.

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] JOAN OF ARC BY THE MOST POPULAR MAGAZINE WRITER BEGINS IN APRIL HARPER'S... [New York: Harper's Magazine] 1895. Sheet folded to 4pp., advertising the new issue of Harper's Magazine, including part one of Twain's `Joan of Arc.' The poster by Edward Penfield showing Joan of Arc with sword raised is reproduced on the first page.

Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] CONVERSATION AS IT WAS BY THE SOCIAL FIRESIDE IN THE TIME OF THE TUDORS [Philadelphia? Printed for the Flatulence Society of Pittsburgh, 1917] First illustrated edition, one of 150 copies printed. Small folio, French-folded, on Japan vellum, with copperplate etchings inserted. Original three-quarter vellum and purple silk sides. Some aging of spine and wear along edges, but a very good copy. In this copy the initial letters have not been rubricated as usual; perhaps an undistributed copy. Both Meine and Haas date this volume 1916, but the frontispiece and illustrations (by Josef Pierre… 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.] 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.] 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 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.] 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.] 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