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1971ref. 28658München, Hanser, 1971. 635, 598 Seiten. 8°, Leinen mit Originalumschlag.
1892ref. 011712New York: Charles L. Webster 1892. Front cover lettered in gilt with vignette in black. Corners and spine extremities show only minimal wear. Cover and spine are crisp and bright. Book-plate front free endpaper. Several small areas of black spotting on top edge and top of fore-edge. Eight pp. advertisements at the conclusion. See BAL 3434. First American Edition. Green Cloth. Minor Wear./No Jacket. Octavo. Charles L. Webster Hardcover books
1876ref. 1304821876. First Edition. TWAIN Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford: American Publishing Company 1876. Square octavo 20th-century full blue calf raised bands red and blue morocco spine labels elaborately gilt-decorated spine marbled endpapers all edges gilt. $25000.Rare first American edition first printing first state of one of the universally recognized masterpieces of American literature Twain's irrepressible and unforgettable ""true boyÕs book."" Very handsomely bound by Bayntun.""The first novel Mark Twain wrote without a co-author Tom Sawyer is also his most clearly autobiographicalÉ Enlivened by extraordinary and melodramatic events it is otherwise a realistic depiction of the experiences people and places that Mark Twain knew as a child"" Rasmussen 459. Originally published in England without illustrations Tom Sawyer arrived at a momentous point in American history: Custer had recently lost the battle at Little Big Horn and America was celebrating its centennial. ""Publication of Tom Sawyer was little noticedÉ The book has however proved to be one of the most durable works in American literature. By the time of Twain's death it was his top-selling book. It has been in print continuously since 1876 and has outsold all other Mark Twain works"" Rasmussen 459. ""This was a true boy's book and surviving copies are proof of how rough little boys can be on books"" MacDonnell 40. First printing first state with ""THE"" on half title in 10-point rather than 14-point type triple flyleaves half title on a separate leaf from the frontispiece and preliminary matter properly paginated I-XVI. BAL 3369. Johnson 27-30. MacDonnell 39-40. MacBride 40. Interior about-fine with only a few instances of faint foxing; joints expertly repaired to beautiful Bayntun binding. hardcover books
1876ref. 1304831876. First Edition. TWAIN Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford: American Publishing Company 1876. Square octavo original black- and gilt-stamped blue cloth peach endpapers. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $35000.Rare first American edition first printing first state of one of the universally recognized masterpieces of American literature Twain's irrepressible and unforgettable ""true boy's book.""""The first novel Mark Twain wrote without a co-author Tom Sawyer is also his most clearly autobiographicalÉ Enlivened by extraordinary and melodramatic events it is otherwise a realistic depiction of the experiences people and places that Mark Twain knew as a child"" Rasmussen 459. Originally published in England without illustrations Tom Sawyer arrived at a momentous point in American history: Custer had recently lost the battle at Little Big Horn and America was celebrating its centennial. ""Publication of Tom Sawyer was little noticedÉ The book has however proved to be one of the most durable works in American literature. By the time of Twain's death it was his top-selling book. It has been in print continuously since 1876 and has outsold all other Mark Twain works"" Rasmussen 459. ""This was a true boy's book and surviving copies are proof of how rough little boys can be on books"" MacDonnell 40. First printing first state with ""THE"" on half title in 10-point rather than 14-point type peach endpapers printed on wove paper with triple flyleaves of wove paper and preliminary matter paginated I-XVI. BAL 3369. Johnson 27-30. MacDonnell 39-40. McBride 40. Interior quite clean with only a few instances of light foxing or soiling; original cloth with light expert restoration. hardcover books
ref. 44910NORWALK THE EASTON PRESS 1968. THE COLLECTOR'S EDITION BOUND IN FULL LEATHER SILK MOIRE ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS ELABORATE GILT ALL EDGES GILT SEWN-IN SILK BOOKMARK. WITH EASTON PRESS BOOKPLATE TO THE FRONT ENDPAPER. A FINE COPY AND VERY SCARCE. ILLUSTRATED BY NORMAN ROCKWELL NORWALK, THE EASTON PRESS, 1968 hardcover
ref. 44909NORWALK THE EASTON PRESS 1964. THE COLLECTOR'S EDITION BOUND IN FULL LEATHER SILK MOIRE ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS ELABORATE GILT ALL EDGES GILT SEWN-IN SILK BOOKMARK. WITH EASTON PRESS BOOKPLATE TO THE FRONT ENDPAPER. A FINE COPY AND VERY SCARCE. ILLUSTRATED BY NORMAN ROCKWELL. NORWALK, THE EASTON PRESS, 1964 hardcover
ref. 42439NEW YORK THE DORSET PRESS 1995. CONTAINS: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER; HUCKLEBERRY FINN; MARK TWAIN`S SKETCHES; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER; A CONNECTICUT YANKEE. FULL FAUX LEATHER RAISED BANDS ALL EDGES GILT. A FINE COPY. SCARCE IN THE UK. NEW YORK, THE DORSET PRESS, 1995 hardcover
ref. 34645PENNSYLVANIA FRANKLIN LIBRARY 1985. LIMITED EDITION FINE COPY IN FULL BROWN LEATHER MARBLED ENDPAPERS AND BOOKMARK. A.E.G. RAISED BANDS GILT DECORATION. A FINE COPY OF A HANDSOME BOOK. ILLUSTRATED BY DAVID G. KLEIN. PENNSYLVANIA, FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1985 hardcover
1916ref. 007520London: Ye Puritan Press at Ye Sign of Ye Jolly Virgin 1916. Limited . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Brown boards with glued paper title on cover 224p. Illus tipped in wood cut of cup bearer on frontis Limited to 125 copies Several uncut pages Per Mark Twain check list was 1882 and then 1913 edition of 75 Ye Puritan Press at Ye Sign of Ye Jolly Virgin hardcover
2023ref. 47915Folio Society 2023. 8vo. First Edition thus with coloured and monochrome illustrations and endpaper maps; pictorial cloth backstrip lettered in gilt a near fine copy in publisher's printed board slip-case. Folio Society, hardcover
1885ref. 32543New York: Charles L. Webster and Company but The First Edition Library 1885 but ca. 1990. First Edition First Issue Facsimile Edition. With 174 black and white illustrations by E.W. Kemble. 8vo publisher’s original green cloth elaborately decorated in gilt and black on the covers and spine as in the first edition protected with a decorated slipcase as issued. 366 pp. A mint copy of the facsimile of the true first issue with the recto of the frontispiece blank pages xii xiii and xvi the only numbered preliminary pages printed on wove paper and bulking correctly for the first issue. With the half-title. AN IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION IN EXACT FACSIMILE. The copyright notice is dated 1884; p. 13 with the illustration captioned "Him and another Man listed at p. 88; p. 57 with "saw" spelled incorrectly; p. 283 with the uncorrected engraving; p. 155 has the final five replaced; p. 161 is lacking a signature mark as usual. The frontis portrait with the imprint of the Heliotype Printing Company and with the tablecloth or scarf visible. Along with Tom Sawyer Huckleberry Finn is considered the stepping stone to modern American literature. And along with Tom Sawyer for the first time the hero of the novel was a boy. These books are landmarks and Hemingway often offered his opinion that the modern novel would have been impossible without them. With Whitman’s Leaves of Grass and Melville’s Moby Dick they provide us with a view of America transcending its past and beginning its future. Charles L. Webster and Company [but, The First Edition Library] hardcover
2011ref. 27440Folio Society 2011. 3 vols. 8vo. First Edition thus with numerous illustrations; pictorial cloth a fine set in publisher's illustrated board slip-case. Collects 47 tales. Folio Society, hardcover
1892ref. 011712New York: Charles L. Webster 1892. Front cover lettered in gilt with vignette in black. Corners and spine extremities show only minimal wear. Cover and spine are crisp and bright. Book-plate front free endpaper. Several small areas of black spotting on top edge and top of fore-edge. Eight pp. advertisements at the conclusion. See BAL 3434. First American Edition. Green Cloth. Minor Wear./No Jacket. Octavo. Charles L. Webster Hardcover
1883ref. 34532Boston: James R. Osgood 1883. First Edition First State. Blanck's intermediate with the tailpiece of Twain in flames on p.441 not present and with caption on p.443 in the earliest state reading "The St. Louis Hotel". Profusely illustrated throughout. Tall 8vo publisher’s original decorated cloth with black stamped decorations and gilt pictorial vignettes on the upper cover the spine decorated in black and with a large gilt pictorial vignette lettered in gilt a.e.g. 624 pp. A handsome copy expert restoration to the spine tips new endleaves added. ONE OF TWAIN’S BEST BOOKS AND A RARE FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH OF THIS IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION. Twain writes about his home and his muse-the great Mississippi. “As a dwelling place for civilized man it is by far the first upon our globe.” preface In this largely autobiographical narrative Twain gives us a vivid account of his youth on the great river. A brilliant firsthand account of the steamboat age the science of river piloting and the life of the river itself from the point of view of those who made their living navigating it. A truly wonderful book and a valued piece of the American legacy. James R. Osgood hardcover
1885ref. 008101NEW YORK: CHARLES WEBSTER AND COMPANY 1885. FIRST EDITION SECOND STATE . Hardcover. Very Good/NoNE. KEMBLE E.W. SOLID BINDING IN ORIGINAL GREEN COVER VERY WELL PRESERVED BOOK APPEARS TO SECOND STATE AS ALL OF THE ERRORS EXCEPT THE ODD PRINTING FOR PAGE 155 APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN CORRECTED NO FOXING SPOTTING OR BROWNING CLEAN BRIGHT FRONTIS PIECE BUST OF MARK TWAIN IS SIGNED NO CLOTH PRESENT TITLE PAGE STATES 1885 WHILE COPYRIGHT PAGE STATES 1884 VERY STRONG COVER WITH ALL GOLD DECORATIONS IN PLACE COMPLETE BLACK LETTERING ORIGINAL TISSUE GUARD IN PLACE SMALL PREVIOUS OWNERS INSCRIPTION FROM 1920 LIGHT WEAR AT TOP OF SPINE CORNERS SHOW WEAR SEVERAL SMALL SMUDGES TO WHAT IS OTHERWISE A FINE TEXTBLOCK A VERY WELL PRESERVED EARLY COPY IPHONE PHOTOS GLADLY SENT CHARLES WEBSTER AND COMPANY hardcover
1883ref. 004367BOSTON: JAMES R OSGOOD AND COMPANY 1883. FIRST STATE . Hardcover. VERY GOOD PLUS/NoNE. 300 ILLUSTRATIONS. THE BOOK HAS BEEN REBOUND IN TAN LEATHER LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI AND MARK TWAIN ON THE SPINE IN RED LEATHER . TOP OF SPINE IS A LITTLE RAGGED BOTTOM OF SPINE HAS A LITTLE PIECE OF LEATHER MISSING. . A TAPE REPAIR ON REAR OF SPINE. AND ON TWO FRONT CORNERS INTERIOR IS NEAR FINE ALL POINTS ARE PRESENT ALL EDGES MARBLED MATCHING END PAPERS INTERIOR IS BRIGHT CLEAN AND WHITE NO FOXING THIS COPY HAS THE BURNING HEAD OF MARK TWAIN ON PAGE 441 PAGE 443 HAS HOTEL AS THE ST LOUIS HOTEL A VERY RARE FIRST STATE IPHONE PHOTOS GLADLY SENT JAMES R OSGOOD AND COMPANY hardcover
1876ref. 1304821876. First Edition. TWAIN Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford: American Publishing Company 1876. Square octavo 20th-century full blue calf raised bands red and blue morocco spine labels elaborately gilt-decorated spine marbled endpapers all edges gilt. $25000.Rare first American edition first printing first state of one of the universally recognized masterpieces of American literature Twain's irrepressible and unforgettable ""true boyÕs book."" Very handsomely bound by Bayntun.""The first novel Mark Twain wrote without a co-author Tom Sawyer is also his most clearly autobiographicalÉ Enlivened by extraordinary and melodramatic events it is otherwise a realistic depiction of the experiences people and places that Mark Twain knew as a child"" Rasmussen 459. Originally published in England without illustrations Tom Sawyer arrived at a momentous point in American history: Custer had recently lost the battle at Little Big Horn and America was celebrating its centennial. ""Publication of Tom Sawyer was little noticedÉ The book has however proved to be one of the most durable works in American literature. By the time of Twain's death it was his top-selling book. It has been in print continuously since 1876 and has outsold all other Mark Twain works"" Rasmussen 459. ""This was a true boy's book and surviving copies are proof of how rough little boys can be on books"" MacDonnell 40. First printing first state with ""THE"" on half title in 10-point rather than 14-point type triple flyleaves half title on a separate leaf from the frontispiece and preliminary matter properly paginated I-XVI. BAL 3369. Johnson 27-30. MacDonnell 39-40. MacBride 40. Interior about-fine with only a few instances of faint foxing; joints expertly repaired to beautiful Bayntun binding. hardcover
1881ref. 33060Chatto & Windus 1881. 8vo. First UK Single-Volume Edition Later Issue with wood-engraved frontispiece original tissue guard present and 313 woodcut illustrations a number full-page in the text; original pictorial red cloth upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked in black and lettered in gilt lower board blocked in black patterned green floral endpapers uncut upper board very slightly faded at margins else remarkably bright clean crisp copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue dated March 1881 bound in at end. Bright copy of an early reissue of the first UK single-volume edition 1880 following the rare two-volume edition by four months. MOST UNCOMMON IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION. Chatto & Windus, hardcover
1882ref. 15305Chatto & Windus 1882. 8vo. Second UK Edition with three-page facsimile as frontispiece original tissue guard present and very numerous woodcut illustrations a number full-page in the text; original pictorial red cloth upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked in black and lettered in gilt lower board blocked in black patterned green floral endpapers a remarkably bright clean crisp copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue dated January 1886 bound in at end. Lovely copy of the second UK edition published a year after the first. Most uncommon in anything like this condition. Chatto & Windus, hardcover
1897ref. 10992Chatto & Windus 1897. 8vo. with a wood-engraved frontispiece original tissue guard present title-vignette and numerous illustrations in the text free endpapers lightly browned; original ribbed blue cloth upper board blocked and lettered in gilt and blind gilt back uncut a very good bright clean copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue dated November 1896 bound in at end. This delightful and charmingly illustrated anthology was first published in 1888. All editions are scarce especially in this condition. Chatto & Windus, hardcover
1876ref. 1304831876. First Edition. TWAIN Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford: American Publishing Company 1876. Square octavo original black- and gilt-stamped blue cloth peach endpapers. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $35000.Rare first American edition first printing first state of one of the universally recognized masterpieces of American literature Twain's irrepressible and unforgettable ""true boy's book.""""The first novel Mark Twain wrote without a co-author Tom Sawyer is also his most clearly autobiographicalÉ Enlivened by extraordinary and melodramatic events it is otherwise a realistic depiction of the experiences people and places that Mark Twain knew as a child"" Rasmussen 459. Originally published in England without illustrations Tom Sawyer arrived at a momentous point in American history: Custer had recently lost the battle at Little Big Horn and America was celebrating its centennial. ""Publication of Tom Sawyer was little noticedÉ The book has however proved to be one of the most durable works in American literature. By the time of Twain's death it was his top-selling book. It has been in print continuously since 1876 and has outsold all other Mark Twain works"" Rasmussen 459. ""This was a true boy's book and surviving copies are proof of how rough little boys can be on books"" MacDonnell 40. First printing first state with ""THE"" on half title in 10-point rather than 14-point type peach endpapers printed on wove paper with triple flyleaves of wove paper and preliminary matter paginated I-XVI. BAL 3369. Johnson 27-30. MacDonnell 39-40. McBride 40. Interior quite clean with only a few instances of light foxing or soiling; original cloth with light expert restoration. hardcover
ref. 9390960886.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1972ref. mbb005943Los Angeles Calif: University of California 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 235x160x55mm. 235x160x55mm1334g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 2kg . . University of California. Los Angeles Calif. 1972. First Edition. 1st Printing. . Pp740. Linen cloth hard boards. Red and Black lettering to spine. In original dust jacket. Unclipped. Beige endpapers. Sticker and stamp of previous owner on front free endpaper. Jacket has losss to spine and front top edge spine sun faded. . . Australia_Post_Zoned_International_Shipping_Rates_FOR_THIS_PARCEL . . AP-Zone1_NZ:_AU$41.40 . . AP-Zone3_Canada_USA:_AU$65.20 . . AP-Zone4_UK_Europe:_AU$72.80 . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$18.20 1st Printing University of California hardcover
1882ref. 35024Boston: J. R. Osgood and Co 1882. First edition first issue with the "Franklin Press" imprint on the copyright page and the first state of the binding with rosette at 1/8” below the horizontal. With 192 illustrations. 8vo publisher’s original dark green cloth with pictorial decoration in gilt and black on upper board stamped and lettered in gilt and black on the spine a.e.g. 2 411 pp. frontispiece 2 blanks at rear A handsome copy very well preserved the hinges tight and sound the text-block clean the binding attractive and well preserved with just a bit of rubbing to the tips and extremities primarily from shelving. THE RARE FIRST ISSUE. Twain's timeless tale of two little boys who switch places to see how the other half lives. Very scarce in unsophisticated original cloth. THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER was quite unlike anything Twain had done up till that time. It is a fine adventure with a delicate vein of “Twainian” humor running throughout. Twain took up a short domicile in Montreal in an attempt to establish residency there so that he could register the copy-right in Canada England and the United States. His past encounters with piracy led him to make this attempt. J. R. Osgood and Co hardcover
ref. PrakashN-9780940450073PENGUIN RANDOMHOUSE INDIA. na. New. ENGLISH PENGUIN RANDOMHOUSE INDIA unknown
