- 10VOL MARK TWAIN FOREIGN LANGUAGE FIRST
10VOL MARK TWAIN FOREIGN LANGUAGE FIRST EDITIONS A collection of 10 foreign language editions of Mark Twain novels Some are first editions in that language.
Million Sedlen by Mark Twain. 1893 Danish edition. Blue boards with gilt and black titling and decoration. 12mo. 169pp. Amerikanska Humorister Ny Foljd. Translations by August Strindberg. Mark Twain. 1878 Swedish edition. Book contains translations by Strindberg of Artemus Ward on the Mormons, the Twain stories, four Bret Harte stories, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, and others. Softcover. 8vo. 258pp. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer/The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Japanese edition. White boards with gilt titling. 8vo. 460pp. Loft og Saft by Mark Twain. 1884 Danish edition. Blue leather on the spine with marbled boards. Gitl titling. 12mo. 270pp. Fyrsten Og Tiggeren by Mark Twain. 1882 Danish edition. Brown boards with gilt titling and decoration. 12mo. 147pp. Erindringer Fra En Fodtur I Europa by Mark Twain. 1880 Danish edition. Brown boards with gilt titling and decoration. 12mo. 203pp. Glitter by Mark Twain. 1883 Swedish edition. Green cloth with marbled boards. Gilt titling on the spine. 8vo. 392pp. Paa Reiser by Mark Twain. 1881 Danish edition. Green boards with gilt titling and decoration. 12mo. 194pp. Kaptajnen I Paradis by Mark Twain. 1955 Danish edition. Softcover. 8vo. 119pp. Pages untrimmed. Memorias de Adao E Eva by Mark Twain. 1913 Portuguese edition. Softcover. 12mo. 180pp.
- [Fine Press Illustrations] Seven titles
[Fine Press Illustrations] Seven titles relating to Africa and African-Americans including: four titles from the Limited Editions Club each signed by illustrator with slipcase: Mark Twain; \'\'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer \'\' illus. by Thomas Hart Benton (Cambridge: 1939) #800/1500 8vo denim slipcase; Joseph Conrad; \'\'The Nigger of the Narcissus \'\' illus. by Millard Sheets (NY: 1965) #1350/1500 4to quarter leather pictorial cloth; Harriet Beecher Stowe; \'\'Uncle Tom\'s Cabin \'\' illus. by Miguel Covarrubias (NY: 1938) #1446/1500 half leather marbled boards; Joseph Conrad; \'\'Heart of Darkness \'\' illus. by Robert Shore (NY: 1969) #200/1500 quarter vellum printed boards; H.H. Swift; \'\'North Star Shining \'\' illus. by Lynn Ward (NY: Morrow 1947) 4to cloth d.j.; Joel Chandler Harris; \'\'Uncle Remus \'\' illus. by Fritz Eichenberg (Mt. Vernon NY: Peter Pauper 1937) ed. of 1 100 copies 4to cloth printed paper boards; W.H. Hudson; \'\'Green Mansions \'\' illus. by J. Day Martelly (Mt. Vernon NY: Peter Pauper Press n.d.) cloth printed paper boards slipcase Estimate $ 150-250 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - slipcase broken.
- TWAIN- THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYERTwain,
TWAIN- THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYERTwain, Mark, ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'', The text edited and with an Introduction by Bernard DeVoto; with a prologue ''Boys Manuscript'', printed for the first time; illustrated with drawings by Thomas Hart Benton; Cambridge, printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1939, Number 64 of 1,500 copies, signed by [Thomas Hart] Benton, 340 pgs. hard bound, covered in blue cloth, with paper label on spine, generally good condition.
- GROUP OF FOUR BOOKS, TO INCLUDE TWO
GROUP OF FOUR BOOKS, TO INCLUDE TWO COPIES OF THE ADVEN...Group of Four Books, to include two copies of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 1875; Little Women by L.M.Alcott; along with Greenland Journal by Kent, Provenance: Fifty Year Personal Collection of Clocks and American Antiques from Thomas Bailey, Manchester, Connecticut.
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- 25 VOLUMES, MARK TWAIN'S WORKSincluding:
25 VOLUMES, MARK TWAIN'S WORKSincluding: The Gilded Age, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Pudd'nhead Wilson , and others, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), New York/London: Harpers Brothers Publishers, 1906, the Hillcrest Edition, 25 volumes (complete), containing numerous black and white engravings, bound in three quarter red leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering and floral decoration to spines, marbled endpapers, teg
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spines sunned, light wear to extremities, some surface dirt, minor scuffs to leather; Innocents Abroad vol II with dark accretion spot to spine
- 26 PC. MARK TWAIN BOOK COLLECTION: Early
26 PC. MARK TWAIN BOOK COLLECTION: Early 20th century Mark Twain book collection. Comprising titles such as; Pudd'nhead Wilson, The Innocents Abroad, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Roughing It, The Gilded Age, and Many More! 7'' h x 5'' l x 1.5'' w.
CONDITION: Gently used condition.
- MARK TWAIN, UNIFORM ILLUSTRATED EDITION
MARK TWAIN, UNIFORM ILLUSTRATED EDITION (11) VOLS. Harper & Brothers, latest copyright 1903, includes: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Prince and the Pauper, Pudd'nhead Wilson, A Tramp Abroad, The $30,000 Bequest, Tom Sawyer Abroad, Sketches New and Old, The American Claimant, and The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, 8"h x 5.5"w
- (11) CHILDREN'S BOOKS: LONDON, TWAIN,
(11) CHILDREN'S BOOKS: LONDON, TWAIN, HOWELLS(lot of 11) Children's books, including: (1) "White Fang," Jack London, illustrated by Helen Ward, Borders Press, 2004, 227 pages, minor creasing to dust jacket, (1) "A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage," Mark Twain, illustrated by Peter de Seve, W.W. Norton & Company, 2001, 112 pages, dust jacket, (1) "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," Mark Twain, illustrated by Donald McKay, Illustrated Junior Library, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1946, 317 pages, worn slipcase, (1) "Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica," John Kendrick Bangs, illustrated by H.W. McVickar, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1895, 265 pages, worn binding, (1) "A Boy's Town," W.D. Howells, Harper & Brothers, 1890, 247 pages, embossed library stamp at title page, (1) "Heidi Grows Up," Charles Tritten, Grosset & Dunlap, 1938, 212 pages, dust jacket, (1) "Poems of Childhood," Eugene Field, illustrated by Maxfield Parrish, Charles Scribner's Sons, 199 pages, 1928 gift inscription on first page, (1) "The Story of Roland," James Baldwin, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930, 347 pages, (1) "Gulliver's Travels," Jonathan Swift, illustrated by Milo Winter, Rand McNally & Company, 1912, 344 pages, (1) "The Stray," Betsy James Wyeth, illustrated by Jamie Wyeth, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979, stated first edition, 158 pages, dust jacket, (1) "Mother Goose," illustrated by Frederick Richardson, P.F. Volland & Co., 1915; largest book: approx 12.25"h, 9.25"w; 16.75lbs total
- 15 EASTON PRESS TWAIN & STEINBECK HARDCOVER
15 EASTON PRESS TWAIN & STEINBECK HARDCOVER BOOKS Collection of 15 The Easton Press Mark Twain (American 1835-1910), and John Steinbeck (American 1902-1968), hardcover leather bound gilt edged books including "The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer", "Of Mice And Men", and "The Grapes Of Wrath". Approximate dimensions: "Of Mice And Men" h. 11.25", w. 8", d. 1".
- THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER AND HUCKLEBERRY
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER AND HUCKLEBERRY FINN. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY NORMAN ROCKWELL. 1936 AND 1940 9 1/2 X 6 3/4 IN. (24.13 X 17.15 CM.)THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER AND HUCKLEBERRY FINN. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY NORMAN ROCKWELL. 1936 AND 1940, [Signed book] Twain, Mark and Rockwell, Norman. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. New York: The Heritage Press. 1930 and 1940. 8vo. Huckleberry Finn, in orange cloth, embossed portrait of Huckleberry Finn, tipped in illustrations, signed on flyleaf in green marker 'Sincerely Norman Rockwell,' this being a companion to Tom Sawyer, in green cloth with embossed portrait of Tom Sawyer, tipped in illustrations (2) Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (24.13 x 17.15 cm.)
- COLLECTION OF ELEVEN FIRST OR EARLY
COLLECTION OF ELEVEN FIRST OR EARLY EDITION HARDCOVER VOLUMES BY MARK TWAIN, SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS (AMERICAN 1835 – 1910)Collection of Eleven First or Early Edition Hardcover Volumes by Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (American 1835 – 1910) Consisting of: 'The Innocents Abroad: The New Pilgrims' Progress', American Publishing Company, Hartford, 1869 'Roughing It', American Publishing Company, 1872 'The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today', American Publishing Company, Hartford, 1873 'Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old', American Publishing Company, Hartford, 1875 'A Tramp Abroad', American Publishing Company, Hartford, 1880 'The Stolen White Elephant; Etc.', James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1882 'Life on the Mississippi', James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883 'The American Claimant', Charles L. Webster & Co, New York, 1892 'The Million Pound Bank Note', Charles L. Webster & Company, New York, 1893 'Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World', American Publishing Company, Hartford, 1897 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer', American Publishing Company, Hartford, 1899
- Sixteen books including six replicas
Sixteen books including six replicas of first editions of 20th century novels, probably by The First Edition Club, c. 1990, still in original slipcases and still in original shrinkwrap, c/o All the King's Men by Warren, Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell, Gone With The Wind by Mitchell, The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain; and two limited edition novels by the International Collector's Library, Wuthering Heights by Bronte and A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens. Together with eight various other 20th century books primarily on Christianity.
- FRANKLIN LIBRARY AMERICAN LITERATURE
FRANKLIN LIBRARY AMERICAN LITERATURE BOOKS, 19 Nineteen leather-bound American literature books with gilt lettering published by Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania comprising Richard Henry Dana's "Two Years Before the Mast," and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Justin Kaplan's "Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain," Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms," Herman Melville's "Moby Dick," Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence," Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass," "Tales of Edgar Allan Poe," William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" and "The Reivers," F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," Eudora Welty's "The Optimist's Daughter," John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans," Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Essays," Bruce Catton's "A Stillness at Appomattox," and Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage". Largest: 9.5" H x 6.5" W x 1.5" D.