Frank Michael B Editors (19 results)

Condition: Very Good. Autobiography of Mark Twain - Harriet Elinor Smith, editor; associate editors, B.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Near Fine. in VG+ dj. xx. + 740pp. 16 pages of photographs plus facsimiles. Explanatory & Source Notes & an Index. xx. + 740pp. Ships in box via USPS Media Mail. ** DOMESTIC PRIORITY OR INTERNATIONAL ORDERS REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE **. 8th Printing per print line. Not a Remainder. Cream boards & gilt lettered black cloth back. A nice clean copy with loose fitting jacket. Near Fine/in VG+ dj. (former owner's address label on endpaper else book like new. Jacket complete/clean/crisp, panels slightly curled & loose fitting, no tears).…

hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st. 8vo, 207 pp., Spine of dust jacket & vertical strip of front panel along the spine faded, else fine Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. Well-illustrated (illustrator).

VOLUME 1 ONLY. Ninth printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page). xx, 737, [2] pages. Hardcover: H 26cm x L 18cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, some bumping/curling at spine head. Black cloth spine lightly bumped at ends; cream colored boards with some soiling and wear at corners. Pages 719-724 creased at bottom fore-edge corners from past fold-ins; interior pages remain bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A very good copy in a very good+ dust jacket. Features: "List of Manuscripts and Dictations;" "Acknowledgements;" "Introduction;" "Preliminary Manuscripts and Dictations, 1870-1905;" "Autobiography of Mark Twain" (pages 201-468); "Explanatory Notes;" Appendixes ("Samuel L. Clemens: A Brief Chronology;" "Family Biographies;" "Speech at the Seventieth Birthday Dinner, 5 December 1905;" "Speech at The Players, 3 January 1906;" "Previous Publication"); "Note on the Text;" "Word Division in This Volume;" "References;" and "Index." Plus eight unpaged leaves of b/w plates between pages 204-205. Please note that this thick book has an approximate shipping weight of 4.75 pounds (2.15 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 9780520267190.…

Octavo, cloth (hardcover), [i] - xlvi, 616 pp. Maps, plates. Very Good; some pencil notes on rear endpapers. Literature, American Letters, American Biography, American Literature. KHS.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Digest format. Light rubbing on the corners; no interior markings. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones; interiors by Virgil Finlay; Charles Hornstein; Lawrence; Clem Scalztti; Joseph Eberle; Bureloff; and Michael Becker. This issue contains: The Door by Eric Frank Russell; Lord Tedric by Edward E. Doc Smith; The Watchers by George O. Smith writing as Jan Smith; A Thousand Angels Can Dance by H. B. Carl; Let Me Live in a House by Chad Oliver; The Soluble Scientist by T. P. Caravan; The Man with the Broken Nose by Wilson O Clough; The Voices by Edward Wellen; and Alien Invasion by Marcia Kamien. Size: 12mo. Robert Gibson Jones; Virgil Finlay; Charles Hornstein; Lawrence; Clem Scalztti; Joseph Eberle; Bureloff; Michael Becker; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1992. Near Fine hardback book. Near Fine dust jacket. Copy is square, tight and clean. Lightly bumped spine ends. Lightly rubbed jacket now Brodart protected. 745pp. Sm 4to. (MT).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 100 pages. Robert Oppenheimer "Physics & Man's Understanding" / Abram tertz "Pkhentz (Story)" / B H Liddell Hart "Churchill In War" / Leslie Fiedler "Caliban Or Hamlet" / George Steiner "A Conversation With Claude Levi-Strauss" / Andrei Sinyavsky "Pasternak" / Michael Hamburger "Letter from Berlin" / Paul Fussell "Nabokov's Appendix" / Leopold Labedz "The Trial In Moscow". …

Octavo, cloth (hardcover), xxxi, 745 pp. Photographs. Near-Fine; gift inscription. Literature, American Letters, American Biography, American Literature. KHS.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This is a New and Unread copy of the first edition (likely 2nd printing). Includes every known letter written by Twain between the ages of seventeen and thirty one.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Fine in cloth-covered boards and very good dust jacket with two small areas of wear on the rear panel.

Condition: FINE. First printing. The second volume of Twain's autobiography, assembled by the Mark Twain Project of The Bancroft Library with the first volume published on the 100th anniversary of the author's death based on his strict instructions, uncensored and exactly as he wrote it. This volume "delves deeper into Mark TwainÕs life, uncovering the many roles he played in his private and public worlds. Filled with his characteristic blend of humor and ire, the narrative ranges effortlessly across the contemporary scene. He shares his views on writing and speaking, his preoccupation with money, and his contempt for the politics and politicians of his day. Affectionate and scathing by turns, his intractable curiosity and candor are everywhere on view." Includes black and white photographs, explanatory notes and several appendices, index. A massive volume - xix, 733 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.…

Newspaper. 32p., folded tabloid newspaper on newsprint, news, opinion, articles, events, ads, photos, services and resources, toning and light wear. A special expanded issue covering the March on Washington. AIDS reportage. Review of JEB's lesbian photography. Boston's LGBTQ newspaper which started in 1973. More political than entertainment.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. GOOD / DUST JACKETS GOOD [in protective covers]. Former Library Books. 3 Volume Set, Complete. Volume I (1855-1873), ISBN: 0520023269, 1975, xxi, 668 pp.; Volume II (1877-1883), ISBN: 0520025423, 1975, xv, 701pp.; Volume III (1883-1891), ISBN: 0520033833, 1979, xxi, 870 pp. Texts clean and unmarked except for usual library treatments. Beige cloth boards lettered in black and red, in very good condition, minor shelfwear only. Light yellow dust jackets [in library protective plastic covers] in good condition, no tears, unclipped. Bindings firm. …

First edition, first printing. Tiny, faint smudge to fore-edge, else fine, as-new, in tan-grey cloth with black and red stamping; in a fine, as-new photo-pictorial dust jacket. Annotated and indexed. 616 pages, plus colophon. Every known letter written by Twain between the ages of 17 and 31, many appearing here for the first time in their entirety. With genealogical chart of Clemens's family, a calendar of his pilot assignments, maps, photos, facsimile manuscripts.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is As New, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped (and unpriced) dust jacket is fresh and bright, with one tiny nick. Includes a section of facsimile manuscript pages. 8vo. 736 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped outside the U. S.…

Condition: FINE. First printing. First edition of the first volume of Twain's autobiography, assembled by the Mark Twain Project of The Bancroft Library and first published on the 100th anniversary of the author's death based on his strict instructions, uncensored and exactly as he wrote it, brimming with humor, ideas and opinions. Includes list of manuscripts, black and white photographs, explanatory notes and appendices, index. A massive volume - xix, 736 pp. Despite its size, this monumental work went into several printings, and the true first with a complete number line is quite uncommon. The first printing was reported as only 7500 copies, a very small number for a book which was unexpectedly very popular. Fine in fine dust jacket. …

hardcover with dustjacket. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. No names or markings. Only 7,500 printed in the first edition. ; Standard Book Size.; 736 pages.

First Edition. Large Octavo. edited with an introduction by Hamlin Hill. The present volume includes the texts of 290 letters buy Mark Twain to his publishers. Twenty-three letters have been included from text in Mark Twain, Business Man in order to provide a complete perspective on Mark Twain's career. Bound in gray cloth, spine lettering red and black. A fine copy in near fine unclipped printed dust jacket with a few spots of finger soiling.…