$3,950
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...
Fabric, Paper
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
$2,850
H 7.63 in W 5.5 in D 1.63 in
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
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.
Paper
$750 / set
H 10.87 in W 8.31 in D 1.97 in
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
$2,500 / item
H 9 in W 6 in D 1 in
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
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...
Paper
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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...
Fabric, Paper
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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...
Paper
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).
Paper
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.
Paper
"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...
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H 10 in W 8.13 in L 10 in
"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.
Paper
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H 8.88 in W 7.25 in L 8.88 in
"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
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H 8.75 in W 7 in L 8.75 in
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...
Paper
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H 7.5 in W 5.75 in D 3 in
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...
Fabric, Paper
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
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