Brander Matthews Mark Twain (44 results)

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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. New York: Tor / A Tom Doherty Associates Book [1994]. Good. 1994. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. 0812551788 . First edition. Pictorial [Jim Thiesen art] wrappers, 217 pages collecting 12 stories. Good or better copy [cover rubbed with a scratch and short lower corner crease to the rear cover, name inside the front cover]. .…

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Cloth. Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1923. A Good+ copy. 8vo, 406 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with titles in gilt. Cloth unevenly faded especially spine. Tips and edges lightly rubbed. Toning and foxing throughout. Title page especially dark, water stain to lower 10% of first 10 pages. Text is unmarked. A Good reading copy. Stated 1st edition with Harper's code e-x.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2 v. in 1 (v. 1. 310 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2. 408 p., [1] leaf of plates) : ill. ; 21 cm.; LCCN: 18-20822 ; LC: PS1312; Dewey: 817 ; OCLC: 3332522 ; Essay, "Biographical Criticism" by Brander Matthews at front ; red cloth with gold designs ; no dustjacket ; name on front ep ; ilustrated ; wear, faded, else VG. Book.…

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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, second state, with Rockwell & Churchill device on copyright page (BAL 3363). Front and end matter and a couple plates foxed, front hinge just beginning to weaken. 1875 Hard Cover. xv, 411 pp. Original green cloth, gilt and black titles and decorations, all edges gilt, 19 engravings, 31 illustrations. Includes first appearance of Mark Twain's 'An Encounter with an Interviewer' as well as contributions by: Whitelaw Reid, Wilkie Collins, Mark Twain, John Hay, John Brougham, Noah Brooks, P.V. Nasby, I.H. Bromley, John Elderkin, Thomas W. Knox, W.J. Florence, Chandos Fulton, J. Henry Hagar, Champion Bissell, J.B. Bouton, W.S. Andrews, Gilbert Burling, Chas. I. Pardee, M.D., C. McK. Leoser, Hon. R.B. Roosevelt, William F. Gill, C. Florio, C.E.L., Holmes, Charles Gayler, James Pech, Mus. Doc., H.S. Olcott, Edward Greey, J. Brander Matthews, and Alfred Tennyson.…

Hardcover, leather. Condition: Fair. First Edition thus, First Printing. TWAIN, Mark. The Innocents Abroad; or, The New Pilgrims' Progress. With Biographical Criticism by Brander Matthews. Hartford, Connecticut: The American Publishing Company, 1899. First Edition Thus, First Printing of the 1899 Uniform Edition. Two volumes, complete for the work. Hand-signed in blue ink by Brander Matthews at the conclusion of his introductory essay, Biographical Criticism. Matthews (1852-1929), the noted literary critic and Columbia University professor, was a contemporary and friend of Twain. Octavo (8vo), 377; 446 pp. Contemporary full black morocco, elaborately tooled in gilt with decoration echoing the Tiffany & Co.-designed title-page ornament; raised bands, gilt titles and numbering to spines, gilt top edges, deckled fore and lower edges, gilt dentelles, and marbled endpapers. Illustrated with photogravure frontispieces and plates by W. H. W. Bicknell and Peter Newell. The 1899 Uniform Edition recast Twain's first great travel book into two volumes and introduced the work with Matthews's Biographical Criticism followed by Twain's own Preface to the Uniform Edition. Originally drawn from Twain's 1867 voyage aboard the Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land, The Innocents Abroad combines travel narrative, satire, and irreverent observations of Old World culture, helping establish Twain's national reputation. New illustrations were commissioned for this edition, including six full-page illustrations by Peter Newell. Contents generally clean and unmarked, with light offsetting from several plates; both volumes complete, with the illustrations present. Text blocks generally sound. Inner hinges cracked, one substantially with the binding fabric exposed; boards remain attached but are weakened. Front free endpaper of Volume II adhered to the front pastedown near the gutter. Bindings heavily worn, with substantial chipping and loss of leather at the spine ends, corners, and outer joints, exposing the underlying binding material in places. Gilt tooling remains attractive. Fair overall, internally generally Very Good. [Attributes: First Edition Thus; First Printing; Hard Cover; Illustrated; Signed; Two-Volume Set.]. BICKNELL, W. H. W. (1860-1947); NEWELL, Peter (1862-1924) (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xxxv, 406 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's decorated red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light fading to spine. Mild rubbing and wear, primarily to hinges, head and tail of spine, and corners. Spine slightly cocked. Bookplate and previous owner's signature on front pastedown. First gathering loosening. Age toning throughout textblock. Shelved Under Front Counter. BAL 3536. 1376231. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

First Edition. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT in Century Magazine for November, 1889, first edition, a vg+/near fine copy with a few incidents (excerpts) from the yet to be published book with linking passages by the author that of course do not appear elsewhere. Bound in the publishers original blind stamped decorated cloth. This volume, containing the six month period of November 1889 through April of 1890, bears the first appearance in print of any portion of this novel and a must item for the serious Twain collector. Also contains original contributions by Walt Whitman (MY 71ST YEAR & OLD AGE'S SHIP AND CRAFTY DEATH'S), Henry James (DAUMIER, CARICATRIST), Brander Matthews (THE GROLIER CLUB), Theodore Roosevelt (THE MERIT SYSTEM VS. THE PATRONAGE SYSTEM), Frank R. Stockton (THE MERRY CHANTER), Frederic Remington, et.al.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1906 at each of the title pages. Volumes I & II of the revered Hillcrest Edition of "The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress, Being Some Account of The Steamship Quaker City's Pleasure Excursion to Europe and The Holy Land." Volume I is signed and inscribed by Mark Twain at final blank endpaper prior to frontispiece on contemporaneously set in and adhered bordered slip: "Truly yours, Mark Twain, London, June 1900". This signed slip measuring apprx. 2" x 3" is set directly adjacent to the volume's facsimile inscription: "This is the authorized Uniform Edition of all my books. Mark Twain." Volume I also contains tipped-in message written with fountain pen and is placed adjacent to first blank endpaper. Message is from noted book collector of historical provenance on personal stationery with printed letter-head and address of "24 WEST 50TH STREET". Note appears to say: "Dec. 22/15. Dear Larry, Do me the favor to accept the set of Mark Twain's. And with the set, Bigelow Paine's Life of Twain. The edition is boughten but the "Life," I have had bound myself. There is such a comfort in books! Cordially, J. Gaunt." James Gaunt was a renowned book collector, member of the Grolier Club in New York city, etc. He served as a representative of A. & F. Pears of London for twenty-five years before he retired. He died December 2, 1918 at his home, 24 West 50th Street, in his sixty-fourth year. Gaunt's father was the largest paper manufacturer of his time, and one of the principal backers of the late Cyrus Field in financing the first Atlantic cable. Maroon, tan, brown, and black marble patterned boards, red leather spine wrap with five raised bands, gilt titles in two panels, red leather corners, some edge wear, rub, corner chip. 1906 at spine heel. Matching marble patterned endpapers. Pages very good; attractive toning. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Twain humorously chronicles his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel Quaker City - formerly USS Quaker City - through Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land with a group of American travelers in 1867. It was the best selling of Twain's works during his lifetime. Whe first published, this adventure travel transformed an obscure Western journalist into a national celebrity. The Innocents Abroad was immensely successful and remains one of the most popular tales of travel ever penned. Volume I contains a prefatory twenty-seven page Biographical Criticism by Brander Matthews. An 1899 preface by Twain to the Uniform Edition and the brief original preface. Frontispiece portraits with tissue guard of Twain from 1855 and 1868. Few other illustration plates in each volume by Peter S. Newell. 377 and 446 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Newell, Peter S. (illustrator). Signed by Author.…

Set Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. LIMITED EDITION. 25 Volumes. 8vo. LIMITED SIGNED EDITION, one of 600 copies (of total 620). SIGNED by author as both Mark Twain and S. L. Clemens at tipped-in colophon leaf of volume one. Printed at Hartford Press, Hartford Connecticut. Rebound in brick colored half morocco, dark blue title labels at spines; 5 raised bands, marbled paper-over-boards. T.e.g. Negligible rubbing to bottom edges of covers. Minute scrape to spine at bottom band of volume one. Mild narrow abrasion of a few inches at lower margin of general title page in each volume. Occasional light foxing to leaves. VG. THE SET. Author.…

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