Brougham John and John Elderkin (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Beautiful Victorian anthology. Nice copy.

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.…

Condition: Fine. Fine, bright, inside and out. A lovely copy. Alas, lacking the final plate, apparently never bound in. First appearance of Mark Twain's "An Encounter with an Interviewer" pp 27-32. Decorated brown cloth, large 8vo 1st ed., 1st printing (with Welch, Bigelow device). BAL 3363.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. [Mark Twain]. Lotos Leaves edited by John Brougham and John Elderkin. First edition, first issue in original beveled boards in green cloth, black lettering, gold ornamentation. Publisher: William F. Gill, Boston, 1875. First issue with Welch, Bigelow, Co., University Press device on the copyright page. This Mark Twain's first appearance of Encounter With An Interviewer. Binding is in near fine condition. Contents clean. All fore edge pages gilded in gold. 411 pages. BAL 3363. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #C-128. Price: $500. Language: eng. …

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. First state with Welch, Bigelow Co. University Press device on copyright page. Extensively decorated full leather boards with gilt and brown imprint. Leather is scuffed with rubbed edges and bumped corners. Spine shaken. Marbled endpapers with some cracking at hinges, all edges gilt with a few scuffs and light soil. Endpapers and a few text pages have light soil, small tears, and light shadows from tissue over plates. This book, a product of the members of the literary Lotos Club, which took its name from Alfred Tennyson's poem "The Lotos Eaters," contains the first appearance of member Mark Twain's short story " An Encounter with an Interviewer." BAL 3363. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 411 pp. …

1st Edition. First edition, first state, with Welch, Bigelow Co.-University Press device on copyright page. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates. 411 pp. 1 vols. Square 8vo. This is the first appearance of Samuel Clemens's "An Encounter with an Interviewer". Ornately decorated blind-stamped morocco with gilt, a.e.g. Faint gift inscription, ridges of spine and hinges rubbed, lower hinge starting, overall a very nice copy Illustrated throughout with numerous plates. 411 pp. 1 vols. Square 8vo First edition, first state, with Welch, Bigelow Co.-University Press device on copyright page.…