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Glued binding. Cloth over boards. 402 p. Audience: General/Trade.Signed by previous owner.

New York: Capricorn Books, 1968. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. Edited and with an introduction by Bernard DeVoto; Vintage paperback, CAP 149; a collection of Mark Twain's autobiographical writings and reflections on a wide range of topics and people from politics and publishers to writing and civic virtue, from Teddy Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie to Brete Harte and Winston Churchill, full of the distinctive, often caustic wit that makes him America's legendary humorist; one-reader text is clean, square and tight, edges lightly soiled; pictorial wrappers age-browned on spine and around edges, small 1.5 cm stain on back cover near spine, very light reading creases, very minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable.

Harper & Brothers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 402 pages .

Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NY: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Rust textured cloth with blue title box, titled in gilt. Stated first edition with code k-p. Faint dampstain to top edge, very mild wave to pages, front hinge mildly starting. The DJ in mylar is edgechipped, slightly dampstained. Flap price intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Mark Twain in Eruption. Hitherto Unpublished Pages about Men and Events". Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers in 1940. Measures 8-¾" x 5-¾". First edition with "FIRST EDITION" and code letters "K-P" on the copyright page (BAL 3564). Very good plus condition in the publisher's original terra-cotta imitation buckram. Very minor wear and staining to the boards, with the spine lettering partially rubbed. Old bookstore label on the front end paper, otherwise near fine.

New York: Harper, 1940. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. A NEAR FINE FIRST NO DJ. ****FROM THE LIBRARY OF SAM FULLER. FAMOUS HOLLYWOOD FILM DIRECTOR. WITH FULLER'S PERSONAL BOOKPLATE ON FEP. COMES WITH CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY****.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940. Hardcover in dj. 8vo (8.5" x 6"), pebbled brown cloth. xxviiii, 402 pp. Bookplate on ffep. CONDITION: Very good, faint white spots on front cover, some offsetting from front panel of dj on pastedowns and endpapers; good dj, worn at extremities with a few small tears. First edition, first printing, "one of 500 copies on thin paper" possibly sent out for review or promotional purposes. BAL 3564.

Harper & Brothers Publishers. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($3.75 price intact). Published by Harper & Bros, 1940. Octavo. Brown cloth boards stamped in gold. Book is very good. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Previous owner bookplate on front pastedown. Light offsetting to endpapers and light toning to page ends. Dust jacket is good with shelf wear, nicks, and tears. Separated in two pieces at spine right hinge. Book placed in custom acetate protector. A very good copy of this collection of essays by Mark Twain. 402 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have… Read More

New York. : Harper & Brothers., 1940.. Stated first edition. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar). . 4to.. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. Solid copy of first printing. First edition stated with correct code of K-P. Unmarked, tight and square. Terra Cotta cloth in form of buckram shows some wear but no major defect. Light soiling to front pastedown and lighter still on rear pastedown. This was edited and with an introduction by Bernard DeVoto from unpublished parts of Twains Autobiography. 402 pages with index. Price intact jacket has light chipping at spine ends and faint soiling on front panel. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated First Edition, with Harper's 'K-P' code on copyright page indicating October 1940. Flexible boards in terra-cotta imitation buckram, stamped in blue and gilt on spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows very light edge wear; not price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. pp. xxviii, 402. [BAL 3564]. This is the thin paper/flexible board issue of the first edition, of which 500 copies were made with the sheets bulk width of 7/8''. [The other 700 copies of the first edition, run simultaneously, were in a hard binding (which featured the publisher's device on the front cover) and the sheets bulk measured 1 1/4''.]

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1940. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ 1940 Mark Twain first edition in Very Good dust-jacket, slight chipping and small tear on back cover. As referenced in BAL #3564, title page in black and red, terra-cotta imitation buckram binding with publisher's device stamped in blue on front. On copyright page: first edition; and, code letters K-P, signifying printed October, 1940. This is the 1940 first edition, selected by Bernard DeVoto from the unpublished parts of Twain's autobiography, copyrighted 1922; Editor and Twain scholar Bernard DeVoto took Twain's literary and opinionated anecdotes, asides, and discourses and shaped them into semi-autobiographical form for publication in 1940. Twain rambles along here discussing everything from Andrew Carnegie to Kipling. The result is an insider's look at the literary Mark Twain with insight as to why and how his humor became American folklore; 8vo .

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Fine. Octavo. ("K-P" on copyright page) 402 pages. Bound in original terra-cotta cloth; near fine in a fine dust jacket. One of only 7,000 copies printed. The editor selected unpublished parts of Twain's autobiography, which was copyrighted in 1922. Tasteful bookplate front paste-down. A lovely copy in like dust jacket. BAL 3564.

UsedGood. No dust jacket, but book is in overall good solid shape

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. DJ in archival cover edge ware tiny chips drink stain. . Fine. Hardcover. 3rd Printing. 1922.