[Rarebooks] Offering: Huck Finn, A Tramp Abroad, and Joan of Arc. Three Mark Twain 1sts.

[Michael John Thompson]

1...... TWAIN, Mark [pseudonym of Samuel 
Langhorne CLEMENS, 1835-1910).  A TRAMP ABROAD; 
Illustrated by W. Fr. Brown, True WIlliams, B. 
Day and other artists - with also 3 or 4 pictures 
made by the author of this book, without outside 
help. By Mark Twain (Samuel L. 
Clemens).  Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing 
Company., Chatto & Windus, London: 1880.  First 
edition, 1st issue of the frontispiece, captioned 
"Moses".  The sheets bulk 1 5/8" (Blanck's state 
A); the portrait frontispiece is Blanck's state B 
(no definate priority) and the binding is 
Blanck's state B (again, no priority). Octavo, 
xvi, pp. [17] - 631; advertisement for The 
Innocents Abroad, p. [632]. Inserted portrait 
frontispiece, inserted frontispiece. 5 plates 
inserted in the body of the book. 28 plates 
inserted and included in the pagination, other 
illustrations in text. Original dark brown cloth, 
gilt and blindstamped [2nd binding state, as 
noted above], with the border curved at the inner 
border. This copy has a small number [11] 
blindstamped beneath the publisher's device on 
the back cover - Blanck notes that some copies 
have numbers blindstamped here, probably to 
identify a specific subscription agent, but 
mentions that only the numbers 0, 4, 7, 8 and 88 
have been observed. Foxing to frontispiece and 
tissue guard, minor marks to endpapers, a tight, 
clean, bright copy in superior condition for such 
an oversized volume. $875.00

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2...... TWAIN, Mark [pseudonym of Samuel 
Langhorne CLEMENS, 1835-1910).  ADVENTURES OF 
HUCKLEBERRY FINN (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). By Mark 
Twain. With One Hundred and Seventy-Four 
Illustrations.  New York: Charles L. Webster and 
Company. 1885.  First American edition, very 
early issue. The title leaf is a cancel (state 
2), p. [13], "Him and another man" listed at p. 
88 (state 1), p. 57, eleventh line from the 
bottom reads " ...with the was..." (state 1), p. 
155, final five in page number is lacking (state 
1), p. 283 is a cancel (state 3), portrait 
frontispiece in Blank's state 2, with the imprint 
of the Heliotype Printing company, with the 
tablecloth not visible, and with the words "Karl 
Gerhardt, Sc." on the finished edge of the 
shoulder. It should be noted that copies with the 
title leaf uncanceled and the copyright notice 
dated 1885 (not 1884, as here) occur only in the 
prospectus and in a set of advance sheets and 
that no copy of the published book has been seen 
or reported with the copyright date of 1885, that 
p. 283 is found in state 1 only in the prospectus 
and in the leather-bound copies and that no copy 
of the published book has been seen or reported 
with the page in state 2 (with the defaced 
plate). As well, the frontispiece portrait is an 
insert and bears no relation to the sheets of the 
book; thus, we offer a very early, or perhaps the 
first published issue of this great work. Octavo, 
original green cloth stamped in black and gold, 
pp. (i) - 366, final blank. Front free endpaper 
affixed to the paste-down, pp 151-154 slightly 
loose and with internal stains, cloth a bit 
frayed at base of spine and with light wear at 
the spine head and corner tips; a very good copy. $1,500.00

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3...... TWAIN, Mark [pseudonym of Samuel 
Langhorne CLEMENS, 1835-1910).  PERSONAL 
RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC by Sieur Louis de 
Conte (Her Page and Secretary) Freely Translated 
out of the Ancient French into Modern English 
from the Original Unpublished Manuscript in the 
Archives of France by Jean Francois Alden. 
Illustrated.  New York: Harper & Brothers 
Publishers. 1896.  First edition. Ascribed to 
Mark Twain on the cover and spine, but no mention 
of his name on the title page. 2nd state, with 
the first entry on the publisher's ad leaf at 
rear (p. 363) reading "Some Books for the 
Library. George Washington" and with the "Memoirs 
of Barras" on the verso (p. 464) listed as being 
ready in four volumes at $15.00. Octavo, original 
red cloth stamped in gold and silver. [xvi], 459 
+ [2] pp ads. 35 plates. Spine panel just a 
trifle tanned, a very nice copy, nearly fine. ¶ 
It seems almost needless to comment that the work 
is original and that both the 'Sieur Lous de 
Conte' and 'Jean Francoise Alden' are pseudonyms 
for Samuel L. Clemens. $325.00

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Terms: as usual. Trade discount allowed.

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