New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2001. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. "...even from the time of its first publication in 1885, Mark Twain's masterpiece has been one of the most celebrated and controversial books ever published in America. No other story so central to our American identity has been so loved and so reviled as Huck Finn's autobiography. Michael Patrick Hearn, author of the national bestseller The Annotated..... More

Hartford, CT; New York, NY: American Publishing Company; Oxford University Press, 1880; 1996. Early Edition, First Trade Edition Thus. Hardcovers. Two collectible versions of an early-career classic travelogue by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain, the canonical American humorist & writer: (1) The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim's Progress, American Publishing Company's 1880 printing of the work it first published in 1869. Hardcover in black cloth with gilt lettering..... More

New York, NY; Berkeley, CA: Charles L. Webster & Co.; The Iowa Center for Textual Studies/ University of California Press; Oxford University Press, 1891; 1979; 1996. Early Edition; First Editions Thus. Hardcovers. Three rare editions of a favorite work of early science fiction, fantasy & allegory by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910), the canonical American humorist & author: (1) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Charles L...... More

Hartford, CT; New York, NY: American Publishing Company; Oxford University Press, 1897; 1996. Early Edition; First Trade Edition Thus. Hardcovers. Two collectible versions of the classic travelogue by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain, the canonical American Humorist & writer: (1) A Tramp Abroad, American Publishing Company's 1897 printing of the work it first published in 1880, a sequel to The Innocents Abroad (see our Item No. 4246). Hardcover in..... More

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1906. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. A satirical work, daring & irreverent for its time, by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910), the canonical American humorist & author. With frontispiece illustration of Adam "writing his diary" surrounded by Eve & the creatures of Eden, & hieroglyphic-spoofing illustrations opposite each page of text, all by F. Strothman. Hardcover in red cloth with color illustration..... More

New York, NY; London, England: Harper & Brothers; MacMillan & Co. Ltd., 1910; 1955. First Editions. Hardcovers. Two venerable critical biographies of the lives & works of the canonical American humorist & writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910); & the great British author Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936): (1) My Mark Twain: Reminiscences and Criticisms by William Dean Howells (1837-1920), a close friend of Twain & himself a very prolific..... More

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931; 1938. First Edition, Second Printing; First Edition. Hardcovers. One of two volumes signed by author Clara Clemens, daughter of Mark Twain. "Twenty long years have passed since my father was laid in the ground, yet had these years been only days the memory of that tragic event could not be more vivid. In the lovely month of April- month of soft green..... More

New York, NY; n/p: Lyle Stuart; Land's End Press; Oxford University Press, n/d; 1969; 1996. First Editions Thus. Hardcovers. Three versions of a risqué satire of Elizabethan-era conversation by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910), the canonical American humorist & author. First published anonymously in 1881, we offer three later editions of this work: (1) 1601...Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors..... More

Berkeley, CA; New York, NY: The Iowa Center for Textual Studies/ University of California Press; Oxford University Press, 1979; 1996. First Editions Thus. Hardcovers. Two editions of a classic work of historical fantasy-fiction by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain, the canonical American humorist & author: (1) The Prince and the Pauper, published for The Iowa Center for Textual Studies by the University of California Press, 1979. As noted on..... More

New York, NY: Harper & Row; Oxford University Press, 1984; 1996. First Editions Thus. Hardcovers. Two collectible compilations of transcribed speeches by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910), the canonical American humorist & author: (1) Plymouth Rock & the Pilgrims and Other Salutary Platform Opinions, Harper & Row, 1984. Hardcover in clipped dust jacket, first edition as stated on copyright page, first printing as indicated by number sequence thereon..... More

Riverside, CA; Dayton, NV: Tree By The River Publishing, 1986; 1989. First Softcover Editions. Softcovers. One of two volumes signed by George Williams III. Two biographical-critical works concerning Mark Twain (pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910), the great American humorist & writer, by the acclaimed Twain scholar George Williams III: (1) Mark Twain: His Life In Virginia City, Nevada, trade-format first softcover edition published simultaneously with a hardcover edition..... More

Berkeley & Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY: University of California Press; Oxford University Press, 1993; 1996. First Editions Thus. Hardcovers. Two scholarly editions of the classic early work by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910), the canonical American humorist & author: (1) Roughing It, "A publication of the/ Mark Twain Project of the Bancroft Library/ University of California Press" (title page), 1993. Restored text (see front flap quote..... More

New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. "Set in the quaint hollow of Deer Lick, a mythical town resembling Mark Twain's Hannibal, Missouri, this bizarre tale chronicles the fortunes of a humble farmer, John Gray, determined to marry off his daughter, Mary, to the scion of the town's wealthiest family. But the sudden appearance of a stranger found lying unconscious in the snow not only derails..... More