LEATHER Set; WORKS OF MARK TWAIN! HILLCREST EDITION Original Bindings Complete
Mark Twain
Sold by Merchants Rare Books, Moab, UT, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 13 May 2020
Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSold by Merchants Rare Books, Moab, UT, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 13 May 2020
Condition: Used - Good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketTHE COMPLETE WORKS OF MARK TWAIN. Complete in 25 volumes. Hillcrest Edition. This set was printed over time. The final volume is dated 1907. Bound in the original leather bindings. Twain in leather is extremely difficult to find. This set is complete in 25 volumes, which is standard for this set. Intricately gilded spines with floral motif. Bound in the original morocco leather bindings. In remarkable condition despite the age. The bindings are original. The leather is supple. The hinges are all sound. The paper is extremely high quality. An exceptional set. Good to very good condition. Leather supple. All hinges sound. Noticeable scuffing and abrasions to the spines. Heavy abrasions to the heads of several spines, especially Sketches. This is articulated in the pictures. Mark Twain in the original leather is extremely difficult to find. HILLCREST EDITION. Complete with all 25 volumes. Limited Edition Works of Mark Twain. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Hillcrest Edition. 1906 - 1911. Dates vary. Complete Set in 25 Volumes. Original half-moroccan leather and marbled paper covered boards measuring 8.5'' x 5.5", 8vos. Titles: The Innocent's Abroad, Part I The Innocent's Abroad, Part II A Tramp Abroad, Part I A Tramp Abroad, Part II Following the Equator, Part I Following the Equator, Part II Roughing It, Part I Roughing It, Part II Life on the Mississippi The Gilded Age, Part I The Gilded Age, Part II Adventures of Tom Sawyer Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Pudd'nhead Wilson The Prince and the Pauper A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Part I Personal Recollections of Joan of Art, Part II Sketches New and Old Tom Sawyer Abroad, Tom Sawyer Detective Etc. American Claimant and Other Stories. Literary Essays, Etc. The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories and Essays. The $30,000 Bequest Christian Science. In good to very good condition overall. Leather supple. All hinges sound and fully attached. Printed on quality paper. Spines have scuffing and abrasions. Heads of spines have abrasions, with Sketches having the most significant wear. This may bothersome. Boards are scuffed at edges and leather corners. Heads and tails of spines rubbed/scuffed, micro chipping on several volumes, spines gouged and abraded, as shown in the pictures. Previous ownership bookplates found on all front paste-downs: "William Taylor McArthur, M. D." Some front paper gutters exposed internally. All external leather hinges supple sound and fully attached. Text-blocks overall very clean; some sparse toning or off-setting to leaves adjacent to plates. Printed on quality paper. All bindings remain intact and overall attractive. The abrasions might be bothersome. Still an exceptional set of Twain, in the original bindings. This set measures approximately 8.5 inches tall. This set is significantly larger than the set that was issued previously by American Publishing. That set was one inch shorter in height. This set measures 8.5 inches tall and is significantly larger. The Hillcrest Edition was the second uniform edition of Mark Twain's works named after one of his homes. In April 1902, while the Clemens family was living in Riverdale-on-the-Hudson in New York in a rented home, Olivia Clemens signed a contract to purchase a house in Tarrytown, New York known as Hillcrest. This set is a much higher quality set than the mass printed American Publishing Company set. In 1903 when Frank Bliss decided to issue a new and lower priced uniform edition of Mark Twain's works, the set was named Hillcrest Edition. It was the first uniform edition offered by American Publishing Company to contain 23 volumes. It would also become a unique transitional edition with approximately 2500 sets being offered by American Publishing Company and a subsequent number of sets being offered by Harper and Brothers under the same Hillcrest label after Harper acquired rights to the edition in late 1903. Volumes 24 and 25.
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