Wapping Alice by Twain Mark (7 results)

Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust wrapper, as issued. 1st Edition. Printed by Andrew Hoyem of The Arion Press for The Friends of the Bancroft Library, #29 in a series of Keepsakes. Wapping Alice Printed for the first time, Together with Three Factual Letters to Olivia Clemens; Another Story, The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm; and Revelatory Portions of the Autobiographical Dictation of April 10, 1907, Comprising the Evidence in the Curious Affair of Lizzie Wills and Willie Taylor, by Samuel L Clemens: Mark Twain. With an Introduction and Afterword by Hamlin Hill.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1981. Softcover, 79 pp. Number 29 in a series of books printed for members of the Bancroft Library in Berkeley, California. A previously unpublished story inspired by incidents in the author's life. With an Introduction and Afterword by Hamlin Hill. Near fine.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A Very Good copy in blue wraps with light shelfwear and light bumping to corners, else a nice, clean copy. // 79 pages. Transcription from the original manuscript of the short story, 'printed for the first time, together with three factual letters to Olivia Clemens; [with] another story, 'The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm'; and revelatory portions of the autobiographical dictation of April 10, 1907, comprising the evidence in the curious affair of Lizzie Wills and Willie Taylor' (title page). Introduction and afterword by Hill. One of an unspecified number of copies, designed and printed by Andrew Hoyem at The Arion Press, San Francisco.…

Pictorial soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 79 pps.

Pictorial soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new. 79 pps.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Special Edition. Greenish wrapper on this special edition soft cover. #29 in the series of special editions printed for the Friends of the Bancroft Library at Berkeley. Some shelf wear to the cover. Foxing occurs on the first 4 blank pages. Remainder of this book is pristine. This is a Mark Twain short story printed for the first time from materials in UC Berkeley's Mark Twain Papers, issued as Friends of the Bancroft Library Keepsake No. 29 (1981). The keepsake also includes three factual letters to Olivia L. Clemens, the short story "The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm," and portions of Twain's autobiographical dictation (Apr 10, 1907) related to the "Lizzie Wills" affair. Wapping Alice" had not been published before this keepsake; it draws on Bancroft's Twain manuscripts, boosting scholarly and collector interest. (BR) Shelf 116.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Wapping Alice by Mark Twain. First edition in green printed wrappers. Publisher: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, Berkeley, 1981. Wrappers and content in fine condition. 79 pages. 7 x 9 ½ inches. Protected by Mylar sleeve. Inventory #C-320. Price: $100.