Sketches of the sixties, being forgotten material now collected for the first time from The Californian 1864-67.
San Francisco: John Howell, 1927. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards, paper label to spine. More
San Francisco: John Howell, 1927. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards, paper label to spine. More
Hartford: The American Publishing Co., 1876. 8vo. [vi] xvi-274, [1] pp., plus 4 pages of publisher’s advertisements (“Revised December 1st, 1876”). FIRST EDITION. Wood-engraved frontispiece and half title printed on separate leaves, and numerous wood engravings by True Williams and others. An excellent, near-perfect copy in the original decorated publisher’s..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892. 8vo. 277 pp., plus 8 pages publisher’s advertisements. FIRST EDITION. No jacketWith frontispiece and 25 text illustrations. Publisher’s decorated cloth; overall in perfect condition. First edition of Twain’s comedy of mistaken identities and multiple role switches between British and American characters. Of particular interest..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. 8vo. xxv, 561 pp., plus 32 page publisher’s catalogue dated March 1883. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, FIRST STATE. Frontispiece engraving of a New Orleans steamboat with tissue guard and over 300 black and white illustrations throughout. Original illustrated red publisher’s cloth with title in gilt on..... More
New York: Charles Webster & Co., 1893. 8vo. 260 pp., plus 9 pages of publisher’s advertisements. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Frontispiece by Dan Beard. Original tan publisher’s cloth with pictorial decoration on the front board in gilt, brown, and black, and gilt title on spine. An excellent copy. First edition..... More
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1880. 8vo. xvi, 631, [1] pp. , including publisher’s advertisement. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece portrait (State A) of the author and frontispiece of Titan’s Moses (2nd state) with tissue guard present, complete with 5 inserted plates, 28 additional plates and 295 text illustrations. Contemporary cloth, rebacked, title..... More