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— Mark Twain

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. FIRST TRADE EDITION illustrated by Dulac. 4to. pp.[xii]; 245; [3], blank. Publisher's decorated beige cloth. 12 full page colour plates, illustrated endpapers. Some edge spotting, cloth a little soiled/marked, spine ends just fraying, gift note to first leaf. Shows well; a very good copy. Hawthorn's..... More
Boston, MA: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850. [American Literature] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (18 x 12cm) pp.[iv]; 322, title page printed in red and black. Elegantly bound in full deep red oasis morocco, with black title labels lettered in gilt, raised bands, gilt decoration to spine, marbled endpapers, top..... More
London: Methuen and co., 1920. First Thomson Illustrated Edition. Bound in recent red half morocco over red cloth, with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Profusely illustrated with 32 tipped in colour plates. Publisher's original cloth front board and spine bound in at rear. Binding is tight and shows..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., n.d. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. Quarto (24 x 19cm). Illustrated with twenty-four mounted colour plates with captioned tissue guards. Half red morocco, gilt, over original gilt-stamped pictorial cloth sides, t.e.g. Internally clean, externally unmarked. A fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. More
Boston: Tricknor and Fields. 1863. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth, with blind tooling to boards and gilt title to spine. Some wear to top and tail of spine and light markings to boards. Occasional spotting and faint stain to top edge of middle pages. A very good copy. FIRST EDITION, FIRST..... More
London and Felling-on-Tyne: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd., [awarded] 1916. Celebrated re-writing of well-loved Greek myths in a volume for children. Crown octavo, pp.256. Bound in full green calf with decorative gilt border to front and rear board, red title label to spine, five raised bands, extra gilt tooling..... More