[Rarebooks] FS: Unbound Sheets of 1883 Mark Twain First Edition Belonging to Merle Johnson

[Charles Agvent]

(TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]) CAROLINO, Pedro. THE NEW GUIDE OF THE 
CONVERSATION IN PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH. Boston: James R. Osgood & 
Company, 1883. First Edition. BAL 3412. Contains Clemens's 5-page 
Introduction. Issued in both wraps and cloth, this is a scarce set of 
unbound sheets consisting of 13 signatures (the preface sheet and front 
endpaper are loose), a result of the publisher's bankruptcy a few years 
after publication before all copies had been bound for sale. Adding to 
the scarcity is that this appears to be a copy belonging to Mark Twain's 
first bibliographer, Merle Johnson, with a full-page note in pencil on 
the detached front endpaper SIGNED by Johnson: "What is this? Nothing 
but the sheets of the 1st Edition all uncut and all that -- those in the 
cloth covers have been neatly trimmed down for the common people. Merle 
Johnson." Housed in a cloth chemise and slipcase with a gilt-lettered 
morocco spine label. About Fine in Fine chemise and slipcase. 
(#020945)        $1,500

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