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Title: Set of 27 volumes, uniformly bound, many first editions Author: Twain, Mark Place: Various places Publisher: Date: 1869-1912 Description: 27 volumes. Comprises: The Innocents Abroad. First Edition, First Issue, with page nos. lacking in the table of contents on pp. xvii-xviii and other points. Ads. Hartford: American, 1869. (Inkstamp on title-page.) * The Gilded Age. Hartford: American, 1874. * Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. First Edition, Second Issue, with no footnote on p.120. Hartford: American, 1875. * The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. First U.S. Edition, Third Issue. Hartford: American, 1876. * The Prince and the Pauper. First U.S. Edition, Binding State "A" with central spine rosette an eighth of an inch below rule. Boston: Osgood, 1882. * A Tramp Abroad. London: Chatto & Windus, 1881. * Life on the Mississippi. First U.S. Edition, Second State. Boston: Osgood, 1883. * Mark Twain's Library of Humor. First edition thusly collected. New York: Webster, 1888. * A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. First Edition. New York: Webster, 1889. (Erased signature on title-page, preface leaf repaired, bound without original cloth.) * The American Claimant. First Edition. New York: Webster, 1892. * Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. First Edition, First State with correct ads. New York: Harper, 1896. * Following the Equator. First Edition. Hartford: American, 1897. * The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg. First Edition, 2nd or 3rd state. New York: Harper, 1900. * A Double-Barrelled Detective Story. First Edition. New York: Harper, 1902. * The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Harper, 1902. * Is Shakespeare Dead? First Edition, First Issue. New York: Harper, 1909. * Speeches. First Edition. New York: Harper, 1910. * Twain, contrib. The Niagara Book. 1901. * Twain, contrib. Lotos Leaves. 1875. * Twain, contrib. After Dinner Speeches at the Lotos Club. 1901. (Bound without original cloth cover.) * Elderkin. A Brief History of the Lotos Club. [1895.] * Howells. My Mark Twain. 1910. * Landon. Eli Perkins: Thirty Years of Wit. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author. [1891.] * Pond. Eccentricities of Genius. [1900.] * Paine. Mark Twain: A Biography. 3 vols. 1912. Together, 27 volumes. Mostly with half-titles and ads present. Variously illustrated. 8vo, various sizes, uniformly bound in near contemporary half dark blue crushed morocco, spines gilt in compartments, top edges gilt; original cloth spines and upper covers bound in except as noted. Wonderful set, including 17 works by Samuel Clemens, 3 volumes with his contributions and 7 volumes concerning him, all beautifully bound. The majority of the Twain works are first editions or first American editions, including important first editions of Tom Sawyer, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, The Prince and the Pauper, Innocents Abroad, Life on the Mississippi, Following the Equator, and others. Note that all but two of the volumes have the original cloth spines and upper covers preserved at the back of each book. Bookplates of F.H. Goodyear. Lot Amendments Condition: Few tiny rubmarks to bindings and some corners just showing; scattered few stains or little tears internally; condition notes to individual volumes listed above; overall, about fine. Item number: 166917