Roughing It by Mark Twain, First U.S. Edition, Later Printing, 1872
By Mark Twain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark, Roughing It. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1872. First American edition, later printing “Seventy-Fifth Thousand.” Octavo. In the publisher's original brown clot...
Paper
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, First UK Edition, Original Boards, 1883
By Mark Twain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. With over 300 illustrations.
Fabric, Paper
$155 / set
Mark Twain Boxed Set of Two Books
Located in Bradenton, FL
A boxed set of two Mark Twain hardcover books, with illustrations by Norman Rockwell.
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12 Contes / 12 Stories by Mark Twain, illustrated by Jean Trubert
Located in Middletown, NY
A collection of twelve stories by Mark Twain, translated into French and amusingly illustrated in color by Jean Trubert (1909 – 1983) a well known and prolific comic strip designer a...
Gold Leaf
Mark TWAIN. The Prince and the Pauper. FIRST EDITION SECOND STATE - 1882
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: TWAIN, Mark (Samuel Clemens). TITLE: The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages. PUBLISHER: Boston: James R. Osgood, 1882. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION ...
Leather
The War Prayer (WIth a Drawing by John Groth)
By John Groth, Mark Twain
Located in New York, NY
First edition of this illustrated edition of Mark Twain’s The War Prayer, published in 1968 by St Crispin Press. Large 8vo (7.25” x 10.25”), quarter black cloth and gray-paper covere...
Paper
Asprey "Mississippi Writings" by Mark Twain
By Asprey International Limited
Located in Vancouver, BC
Asprey "Mississippi Writings" by Mark Twain. Like new condition with very minor wear.
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H 8 in W 5.25 in D 1.5 in
Antique 27-Volume Set Authorized Uniform Edition Books, Mark Twain Signed, c1899
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique 27-volume set of Authorized Uniform Edition series of books by Mark Twain Books, author signed, c1899 Bio (By Paine): 3,6,13,14,19 Volumes: 1,2,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,15,16...
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H 8.75 in W 7 in D 1.25 in
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, First American Edition, 1885
By Mark Twain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
The book has 174 illustrations by Edward Kemble and photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt. Twain initially conceived the work as a sequel to...
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H 10.5 in W 7.88 in D 3.13 in
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain, First Edition
By Mark Twain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1897. First Edition. Rebound in publisher’s blue cloth laid down, with colo...
Leather, Fabric, Paper
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H 9.5 in W 6.63 in D 2.38 in
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, First US Edition, Second State, 1883
By Mark Twain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First edition, second state. Illustrated throughout, with plates and in-text. In publisher’s brown cl...
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H 8 in W 5 in D 3 in
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Louis De Conte (pseudonym of Mark Twain
By Mark Twain
Located in San Francisco, CA
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Louis De Conte (pseudonym of Mark Twain) Published Harper & Brothers 1896 First edition, originally published as a serialization in Harper’s...
Leather, Paper
"Roughing It" by Mark Twain, Later Printing, 1874
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark, Roughing It. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1874. Later printing. Bound by Zucher of Philadelphia in 3/4 blue leather and cloth boards with gilt titles and tooli...
Paper
Mark Twain Classics in Period Bindings, circa 1936
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a 1936 matched set edition of Mark Twain's classic novels: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Each volume is beautifully bound in period,...
"Life on the Mississippi" by Mark Twain, First Edition, 1883
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1883. First edition, second state, and illustrated. Presented in custom archival clamshell. This first edition...
Paper
Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old, First Edition, circa 1875
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a first edition, first issue, of Mark Twain's "Sketches," published in Hartford, Connecticut and Chicago, Illinois by The American Publishing Company, in 1875. "Sketches,...
"Life on the Mississippi" by Mark Twain, First Edition, circa 1883
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
First edition, one of two intermediate first state issues. Published in 1883, by James R. Osgood. A very scarce printing of the first American edition of Mark Twain’s “Life on ...
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H 8 in W 6 in D 1.5 in
The Works of Mark Twain Published 1923 Harper & Brothers Mississippi Edition
Located in San Francisco, CA
A set of the complete works of Samuel Clemens, generally known as Mark Twain. This is the Mississippi Edition published in 1923 by Harper & Brothers in New York. Contains the great c...
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, First American Edition, 1885
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade).
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The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain, Later Edition, 1885
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages.
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"Roughing It" by Mark Twain, First Edition in Leather, circa 1872
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was written during 1870–71 and published in 1872 as a prequel to his firs...
"Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain, First Edition, Second State, 1876
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford, Connecticut: The American Publishing Company, 1876.
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"Life on the Mississippi" by Mark Twain, First Edition, Later State, 1883
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark, Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First edition, later state. Illustrated. Bound by Whitman Bennett of New York in 3/4 brown leather an...
Leather, Paper
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, First American Edition, 1885
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. First US edition, early state. Octavo, original gilt and black-sta...
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, First UK Edition, First Issue
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. First UK edition, first issue. Octavo, original gilt and black-stamped red pict...
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H 7.75 in W 5.75 in D 2 in
Mark Twain 'CLEMENS', Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, HIS COPY, 1896
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne: ( Mark Twain ) Title: Personal recollections of Joan of Arc . . . Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. Description: First edition...
Fabric
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain in Rare Blue Boards, 1885
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885. Octavo, original gilt and black stamped blue pictorial cloth. Housed in a cust...
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H 9.5 in W 3.75 in D 6.5 in
Innocents Abroad, 2-Vols., Signature Page Signed by Mark Twain in 1906, 1922
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens). New York: Gabriel Wells, 1922.
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H 9 in W 6 in D 1.25 in
Mark Twain, Prince and the Pauper, 1882, First Edition in the Deluxe Binding!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: [CLEMENS, Samuel] - Mark Twain Title: The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages. Publisher: Boston: James R. Osgood, 1882. Description: First Ed...
Leather
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"Roughing It" by Mark Twain First Edition Two-Volume First Printing, circa 1872
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Mark Twain's classic narrative of his travels from Missouri to Nevada, and from California to Hawaii which took him seven years. Bound as two volumes in period, three-quarter "a...
Steamboat Wharf, Nantucket, circa 1900
By Walter Francis Brown
Located in Nantucket, MA
He also worked as an illustrator of such books as Mark Twain’s A Tramp Abroad and Charles Miller’s Roger Williams.
Canvas
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H 9.5 in W 6.63 in D 2.38 in
Roughing It by Mark Twain, First American Edition, Later State, 1872
By Mark Twain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark, Roughing It. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1872. First American Edition, Later State. Illustrated throughout, with plates and in-text. In publisher’s black clo...
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Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, First Edition
Located in Southampton, NY
The adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. First edition. Third printing on laid paper, professionally rebound with original cloth front and back boards, as well as back strip l...
Paper
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H 8.75 in W 7.13 in D 1.25 in
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Incomplete First American Edition
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885. Incomplete first American edition. Quarto, in publisher’s green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and b...
Paper
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Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn, Edited by Mark Twain, First Edition, Circa 1894
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Mark Twain's sequel to his classic novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This first edition was published in 1894 and includes illustrations b...
A Yankee in the Court of King Arthur by Mark Twain, 1st British, Circa 1889
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Mark Twain had come a long way from Hannibal when he focused his irreverent humor on medieval tales, and wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The hit on the head that s...
Books, The Writings of Mark Twain, Author's Edition Deluxe
By Mark Twain
Located in New York, NY
25 volumes. Limited to 620 copies, this is #223. Signed in volume one by the author. Bound in 3/4 green Morocco, with top edges gilt, raised bands, and gilt panels. Illustrated. Publ...
Leather, Paper
Books Complete Writings of Mark Twain
Located in New York, NY
Twenty-five volumes. The Complete Writings of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). The Edition De Luxe is limited to one thousand copies which this is number 446. Hartford Conn. Th...
Books, The Complete Writings of Mark Twain
Located in New York, NY
Leather bound. 25 volumes. Bound in three-quarter turquoise morocco leather with marbled boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, and gilt panels on spines. Illustrated throughout. A ha...
Leather, Paper
Mark Twain, Writings
Located in New York, NY
37 Volumes. “Definitive Edition” Limited to 1024 Sets, The First Volume of Each bearing the original autograph signature of Mark Twain, This is #855. Bound in full wine Morocco, t...
Leather
Mark Twain, The Writings
Located in New York, NY
25 Volumes. “Hillcrest Edition” Bound in 3/4 red morocco, cloth boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines. Published: New York & London: Harper & Brothers 190...
Leather
22 Volumes. Mark Twain, The Works.
Located in New York, NY
22 Volumes. Mark Twain, The Works. Mississippi Edition. Bound in 3/4 green morocco and linen boards bordered in gilt-tooling. Raised band spines with ornate gilt-tooled detailing. To...
Leather
25 Volumes. Mark Twain, The Writings.
Located in New York, NY
25 Volumes. Mark Twain, The Writings. Underwood Edition. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in 3/4 wine morocco and marbled boards, bordered in floral gilt-tooling. The spines display ...
Leather
29 Volumes. Mark Twain. The Writings.
Located in New York, NY
29 Volumes. Mark Twain. The Writings. "Underwood Edition" Bound in full red morocco, top edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines and covers, green endpapers, illustrated thro...
Leather
1889 The Blue Fairy Book
By Andrew Lang
Located in Bath, GB
A superb copy of this sought-after fairy book by Andrew Lang, the first volume in his colourful series. The sought after first edition, first impression. Illustrated with a frontis...
Paper
$809Sale Price|20% Off
H 7.29 in W 5.12 in D 1.19 in
Antique Treasure Island Book, Robert Louis Stevenson, English, Late Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. An English, professionally bound literary classic, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1895 and later. Origin...
Paper
1902 The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful limited edition set of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated with ten plates to each volume, and signed by the publisher. The Arnheim Edition of Poe's works...
Paper
$495Sale Price|20% Off
H 6.89 in W 4.73 in D 0.99 in
Antique Book, Bones and I, Whyte-Melville, English, Novel, Victorian, Circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique book, Bones & I by George Whyte-Melville. An English language, bound novel, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. First published in 1868, Bones & I i...
Paper
Set of Old Books from 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called « Life of Jean Wesley ». These beautiful books are perf...
Leather, Paper
$650
H 8.63 in W 6 in D 2 in
DICKENS, Charles, Dombey and Son, '1848, First Edition Bound from the Parts'
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: DICKENS, Charles Title: Dombey and Son. Publisher: London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. Description: first edition bound from the parts. 1 vol., 8-5/8" x 6", illustrated ...
Leather
$2,750 / set
H 9.25 in W 6.5 in D 1.5 in
The Life and Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson in Twelve Volumes, Limited Ed., 1898
Located in valatie, NY
The Life and Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson in Twelve Volumes, Limited Edition. London: MacMillian and Co., Limited, 1898. Moroccan leather and paper bound gilt hardcovers with gilt t...
Paper, Leather
$1,900 / set
H 8.88 in W 6.38 in D 1 in
Complete Works Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 11 vols. LARGE PAPER EDITION 1886
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. TITLE: The Complete Works Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. PUBLISHER: Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1886. DESCRIPTION: LARGE PAPER EDITION. 1...
Leather
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[1896] The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott
By William Hickling Prescott
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful and exceptionally bright leather set of these collected major works of William Hickling Prescott. Complete in twelve volumes. A set of the major works of William H. Pr...
Paper
History of the Discovery of America by Henry Trumbull, 1832
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Trumbull, Henry. History of the Discovery of America: Of the Landing of our Forefathers at Plymouth, and of Their Most Remarkable Engagements with the Indians in New-England, From Th...
Leather, Fabric, Paper
Parkman's Works, Ten Volumes in Three-Quarter Leather, 1905
Located in Savannah, GA
Ten volumes of Parkman's Works, published by Little, Brown and Company of Boston in 1905 and bound in three-quarter brown leather over marbled paper boards. The spines are tooled in ...
Leather
$557Sale Price|20% Off
H 9.85 in W 7.68 in D 1.19 in
Antique Book, The Life of Charles Dickens, Biography, English, Victorian, C.1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster. An English language biographical account of the Victorian author, dating to the late 19th century, published c...
Paper
$412Sale Price|45% Off
H 9.75 in W 7.5 in D 2.25 in
The Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Illustrated, 1931
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Defoe, Daniel. The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, as related by Himself. London: Humphrey Milford, 1931. Embellished with plates after desig...
Paper
$2,750
H 6 in W 5 in D 0.5 in
HEMINGWAY, Ernest - God Rest You Merry Gentlemen. LIMITED EDITION - 1933
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HEMINGWAY, Ernest. TITLE: God Rest You Merry Gentlemen. PUBLISHER: NY: House Of Books, Ltd., 1933. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., limited to 300 numbered copies this ...
Fabric
The Real America In Romance, Edwin Markham, 13-Vol Set 1914
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The Real America in Romance, "An Authentic History of America from The Discovery to the Present Day Profusely Illustrated with Portraits of Historical Characters and Views of the Sac...
Leather, Paper
$552Sale Price|20% Off
H 13 in W 10.04 in D 0.99 in
Antique Royal Book, Sixty Years a Queen, History Reference, Hardcover, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Sixty Years a Queen by Sir Herbert Maxwell Bart, published in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. This richly detailed royal record chron...
Paper
$1,780,000
H 49 in W 90 in D 2.75 in
50 Million Year Old Fossil Crocodile Specimen (Green River Formation, Wyoming)
By Green River Fossil Company
Located in Logan, UT
Act fast to claim this exquisite piece of natural history, as our fossils will no longer be available through 1stDibs after October 31. This sculptural stone specimen features an ex...
Limestone
Voltaire's Candide True First Edition & First London Edition
Located in Savannah, GA
A rare example of a first edition Candide, published in Geneva by Cramer, 1759. 299pp. Woodcut ornaments and Voltaire's corrected pages (pp. 31/32, 41/42, 83/84, 85/86) all corresp...
Leather, Paper
$240,511Sale Price|30% Off
H 12.6 in W 8.27 in D 1.58 in
Seminal guide to the East and West Indies, with 42 coloured maps and plates
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
Seminal guide to the East and West Indies, with 42 double-page and folding plates, including 6 maps, all engravings beautifully coloured by a contemporary hand LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygh...
Paper
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