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"The Oxford Mark Twain" Series Edited by Shelley Fisher Fishkin. Toni Morrison Introduction. NEW Fresh tight strong bright tight new jacket boards text. No remainder or other markings.

New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996. First Editions, First Printings. Hardcover. Octavo, 29 Volumes. In Very Good condition with Good to Very Good condition dust jackets. Burgundy and solid pastel colored spines with dark blue and pastel lettering. Dust jackets have mild finger-staining, mild shelving wear, mild to moderate wear along spine head and tail edges, and mild bending along the spine head of Volume 2. Boards have mild shelving wear, mild wear along spine head and tail edges, and denting along the head edges of Volumes 14, 21, 23, and 29. All Volumes are signed flat by contributors on half-title pages. CONTENTS: Vol. 1, THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY AND OTHER STORIES, originally published in 1867, signed by contributors Roy Blount Jr. and Richard Bucci, xliv, 198 pages, 33 page afterword -- Vol. 2, THE INNOCENTS ABROAD, originally published in 1869, signed flat by contributors Mordecai Richler and David E. E. Sloane, xlv, 651 pages with a 43 page afterword -- Vol. 3, ROUGHING IT, originally published in 1872, signed flat by contributors George Plimpton and Henry B. Wonham, xliv, 591 pages with a 41 page afterword -- Vol. 4, THE GILDED AGE, originally published in 1873, signed flat by contributors Ward Just and Gregg Camfield, xlii, 574 pages with a 51 page afterword -- Vol. 5, SKETCHES NEW AND OLD, originally published in 1875, signed flat by contributors Lee Smith and Sherwood Cummings, xliii, 320 pages with a 37 page afterword -- Vol. 6, THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER, originally published in 1876, signed flat by contributors E. L. Doctorow and Albert E. Stone, xxxviii, 274 pages with a 40 page afterword -- Vol. 7, A TRAMP ABROAD, originally published in 1880, signed flat by contributors Russell Banks and James S. Leonard, xxxviii, 631 pages with a 34 page afterword -- Vol. 8, THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, originally published in 1881, signed by contributors Judith Martin and Everett Emerson, xli, 411 pages with a 35 page afterword -- Vol. 9, LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, originally published in 1883, signed by contributors Willie Morris and Lawrence Howe, lii, 624 pages with a 39 page afterword -- Vol. 10, ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, originally published in 1885, signed by contributors Toni Morrison and Victor A. Doyno, xli, 366 pages with a 49 page afterword -- Vol. 11, A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT, originally published in 1889, signed by contributors Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Louis J. Budd, xxxiii, 575 pages with a 36 page afterword -- Vol. 12, MERRY TALES, originally published in 1892, signed by contributors Anne Bernays and Forrest G. Robinson, xliii, 209 pages with a 23 page afterword -- Vol. 13, THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT, originally published in 1892, signed by contributors Bobbie Ann Mason and Peter Messent, xliii, 277 pages with a 38 page afterword -- Vol. 14, THE £1,000,000 BANK-NOTE, originally published in 1893, signed by contributors Malcom Bradbury and James D. Wilson, xliv, 271 pages with a 26 page afterword -- Vol. 15, TOM SAWYER ABROAD, originally published in 1894, signed by contributors Nat Hentoff and M. Thomas Inge, xxxviii, 219 pages with a 32 page afterword -- Vol. 16, THE TRAGEDY OF PUDD'NHEAD WILSON AND THE COMEDY THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS, xliii, 432 pages with a 36 page afterword -- Vol. 17, PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC, originally published in 1896, signed by contributors Justin Kaplan and Susan K. Harris, xlii, 461 pages with a 29 page afterword -- Vol. 18, THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT AND OTHER DETECTIVE STORIES, stories originally published in 1882, 1896, and 1902, signed by contributors Walter Mosley and Lillian S. Robinson, xxxvi, 687 pages with a 35 page afterword -- Vol. 19, HOW TO TELL A STORY, originally published in 1897, signed by contributors David Bradley and Pascal Covici Jr., lix, 236 pages with a 29 page afterword -- Vol. 20, FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR AND ANTI-IMPERIALIST ESSAYS, originally published in 1897, 1901, and 1905, signed by contributors Gore Vidal and Fred Kaplan, xl, 778 pages with a 37 page afterword -- Vol. 21, THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG AND OTHER STORIES AND ESSAYS, originally published in 1900, xlix, 400 pages with a 33 page afterword -- Vol. 22, THE DIARIES OF ADAM AND EVE, originally published in 1904 and 1906, signed by contributors Ursula K. Le Guin and Laura E. Skandera-Trombley, xli, 198 pages with a 37 page afterword -- Vol. 23, WHAT IS MAN?, originally published in 1906, signed by contributors Charles Johnson and Linda Wagner-Martin, xliv, 140 pages with a 23 page afterword -- Vol. 24, THE $30,000 BEQUEST, originally published in 1906, signed by contributors Frederick Busch and Judith Yaross Lee, xli, 523 pages with a 29 page afterword -- Vol. 25, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, originally published in 1907, signed by contributors Garry Wills and Hamlin Hill, xxxvii, 357 pages with a 20 page afterword -- Vol. 26, CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, originally published from 1906-1907, signed by contributors Arthur Miller and Michael J. Kiss, xliii, 35 page afterword -- Vol. 27, 1601, AND IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?, originally published in 1882 and 1909, signed by contributors Erica Jong and Leslie A. Fiedler, xlii, 172 pages with a 29 page afterword -- Vol. 28, EXTRACT FROM CAPTAIN STORMFIELD'S VISIT TO HEAVEN, originally published in 1909, signed by contributors Frederick Pohl and James A. Miller, xlii, 121 pages with a 27 page afterword -- Vol. 29, SPEECHES, originally published in 1910, signed by contributors Hal Holbrook and David Barrow, xlii, 434 pages with a 27 page afterword. JW Consignment. Shelved []. Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. Throughout his life he would become an iconic writer and speaker, hailed for his humor, wit, and satire, named by William Faulkner as "the father of American literature". Twain's works, from his most famous novels "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" to his anti-imperialist essays and satires against both the occupation of Hawaii and Belgian atrocities in the Congo, have been studied in public schools and by researchers across generations, speaking across time with their wit and humor. This collection contains a breadth of Mark Twain's finished works, with each containing an introduction by such literary giants as Toni Morrison, Kurt Vonnegut, and Ursula K. Le Guin and an afterword by noteworthy Twain scholars. Each Volume provides a facsimile of the original work as well as a number of original illustrations. 1385309. Special Collections.