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First Edition, 2 volumes. Does not include slipcase or dustjackets, otherwise very nice with NO WRITING in text. Ships the same or next business day with Free Tracking! We fully guarantee to ship the exact same item as listed and work hard to maintain our excellent customer service.

Ex-library hardback without dust jacket, *N.B. VOLUME II ONLY", blue cloth boards grubby, edges worn & corners scuffed, binding open in places but intact, text block edges uncut, some handling marks to pages, usual library stamps/markings, otherwise good clear text, Mark Twain's Autobiography Volume II Only, published in 1924 by Harper & Brothers. Heavy book will ship overseas for extra postage. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. 29E*

Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine who was Clemens' literary executor. Twain had been attempting to write an autobiography for 35 years prior to his death. The task of editing his "disorganzed mass of unpublished writing" fell to Albert Paine (much of it was dictated prior to his death in 1909), and publishing it in book form was first attempted by Harper's--it covers about 2/5 of his unpublished works. Frontis portrait in each volume with tissue guard. Pagination: vol. 1: 368pp; vol. 2: 365pp. Two pages of ads in rear of volume 2 with Harper's Mark Twain books. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with bright gilt spine and cover lettering; top edges gilt. Previous owner bookplate in each volume on front paste down else, a nice clean, tight and unmarked set with no interior or exterior markings. This is the August 1924 printing (K-Y) in first year of publication (2 months after the first August printing). Ref: BAL 3537 p. 225; Frontis Portraits; 8vo, 8"-9" tall.

Harper & Brothers, 1924. Stated first edition (H-Y) in two volumes. Very good collectible copy, handsome navy blue ribbed cloth with gilt lettering on spine and facsimile signature of Twain on front board. No dust jackets. Not available for priority/expedited shipping. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping.

First edition. Two volume set. Both volume's are in similarly good condition. Cover corners are lightly worn. Spines are bumped with a few small chips. Spines are cracked, but binding is secure. Frontispieces are in excellent condition and pages are clean and unmarked.

Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine. Very early printing, with Roman numerals date on title page and single 1924 date on copyright page, with letters K-Y. Blue ribbed cloth with gilt foreedges; tissue interleavings. A superb set, practically unread, with no internal marks, in gleaming cover gilt. Scarce in this fine condition. Octavo.

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 46pp. Terra cotta cloth, gilt lettering. Corners and spine ends very lightly rubbed, interior is age-toned, clean and binding is tight. First Edition Second State with Ball, Black & Co. ad on copyright page. Not really a biography, but amusing. Illustrated.