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First edition, second state with advertisement on verso. 12mo. 47pp., [1pp. of ads. ] Black-and-white illustrations from N.Y. Bureau of Illustration throughout. Terracotta cloth covered boards, stamped in gilt. Faint dampstain on page edges, spine ends and corners lightly worn, small white spots on spine and rear board, very good.

The two volume first printings of Mark Twain's autobiography, dictated by him during the last years of his life. The first edition, first printing of these works, with 'H-Y' and 'First Edition' to the colophon of each volume, and duplicate half titles to volume II. BAL state A. Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume, retaining the original tissue guard. Collated, complete. The memoir contains a rambling collection of anecdotes and ruminations, rather than being a chronology detailed autobiography. This is as a result of Twain dictating the memoir, rather than writing it himself. With the inscription 'H. G. Haymaker Foreign Office' to each front free endpaper. With two pages of advertisements to the rear of volume II. Compiled and edited by Twain's personal friend and literary executor Albert Bigelow Paine, this is a smart first edition of the autobiography of this major literary figure. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Bumping to spine head and tail. Rubbing to joints, with fading to back strip, and mark to tail of volume I back strip. Rear hinge of volume I and front hinge of each volume strained, and slightly tender. Inscription to front free endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound. Spotting to title pages and frontispiece perimeters, with pages otherwise generally clean and bright. Very Good.

First edition, second issue of Twain's third book with the Ball, Black, & Co. advertisement on verso of the title page (BAL 3326). Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated and extra-illustrated with a tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece of Twain. In good condition. Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance contains two short stories: "A Burlesque Autobiography", which first appeared in Twain's ten-page Memoranda contributions to Galaxy Magazine, and "First Romance", which initially appeared in The Express in 1870. The two stories bear no actual relationship to Twain's life, but rather present fictional characters that are supposedly part of his lineage. The illustrations throughout both stories have no relationship to the text, but are cartoons that illustrate the children's poem The House that Jack Built, a social commentary the Erie Railroad Ring and its participants, Jay Gould, John T. Hoffman, and Jim Fisk.

The two volume first printings of Mark Twain's autobiography, dictated by him during the last years of his life. The first edition, first printing of these works, with 'H-Y' and 'First Edition' to the colophon of each volume, and duplicate half titles to volume II. BAL state A. Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume, retaining the original tissue guard. Collated, complete. The memoir contains a rambling collection of anecdotes and ruminations, rather than being a chronology detailed autobiography. This is as a result of Twain dictating the memoir, rather than writing it himself. With the inscription 'H. G. Haymaker Foreign Office' to each front free endpaper. With two pages of advertisements to the rear of volume II. Compiled and edited by Twain's personal friend and literary executor Albert Bigelow Paine, this is a smart first edition of the autobiography of this major literary figure. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Bumping to spine head and tail. Rubbing to joints, with fading to back strip, and mark to tail of volume I back strip. Rear hinge of volume I and front hinge of each volume strained, and slightly tender. Inscription to front free endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound. Spotting to title pages and frontispiece perimeters, with pages otherwise generally clean and bright. Very Good.

Berkeley. 2010. November 2010. University Of California Press. Uncorrected Page Proof. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780520267190. Edited by Harriet Elinor Smith & Other Editiors Of The Mark Twain Project. 738 pages. paperback. Jacket design by Sandy Drokker. Jacket illustration-Photograph by William Vader Weyde, 21 September 1906, ‘The photographer entered. & he said ‘There-don't move-stay just as you are. a good pose! looks just as if you'd been interrupted, & wanted to use language! ' (SLC to Mary B. Rogers, 21-23 September 1906, Columbia University). keywords: Autobiography Mark Twain Literature America. FROM THE PUBLISHER-'Unparalleled in the history of literature. A bequest to posterity. '-London Times, May 1899. 'I've struck it! ' Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. 'And I will give it away-to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography. ' Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his Final (and Right) Plan for telling the story of his life. His innovative notion-to talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment-meant that his thoughts could range freely. The strict instruction that these texts remain unpublished for 100 years meant that when they came out, he would be dead, and unaware, and indifferent, and that he was therefore free to speak his whole frank mind. The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honor of the cherished tradition of publishing Mark Twain's works, UC Press is proud to offer for the first time Mark Twain's uncensored autobiography in its entirety and exactly as he left it. This major literary event brings to readers, admirers, and scholars the first of three essential volumes and presents Mark Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he intended. inventory #40409.