The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County (First Printing, Second Issue) by Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens] - 1867

London: Henry Colburn, 1827. Third Edition . Full Polished Calf. Near Fine. 7 1/2" Tall. Third Edition, Near Fine, In Three Volumes, Inscribed By The Author To Marian Barton. Three Volumes, Complete Except Lacking Half-Titles [Excised Stub In Each Volume], Bound In Full Polished Calf, 5 Bands, Title And Volume Number On Black Morocco Labels In Gilt With Gilt Date At Bottom, Gilt Decorations On Bands, Gilt Rules Adjoining The Bands, Covers With Gilt Rules, Inner Blindstamped Rules With Devices In Each Corner. Attractive Watered Endpapers With Elaborate Gilt Stamping On All Turns, All Edges Marbled. Bindings Professionally Refreshed And Well Oiled, Hinges Solid, Contents Clean And Fairly Crisp, Near Fine.

London: Archibald Constable and Co. / Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1817. First Edition . Recent Quarter Morocco. Fine. 7 7/8" Tall. Three volumes, complete with half titles, volume short titles, and original preliminary and final blanks (two preliminary blanks in Vol 1). A tall copy, pages 7 5/8" tall, all edges deckled and uncut. Very small old library discard stamp on each title, no other marks. Bound in late 20th century red morocco over very attractive marbled paper, with unusually thick boards (5/16"), and new endpapers. A fine set.

London: Richard Bentley, 1848. New Edition . Green Embossed Cloth. Very Good +. 8" Tall. Frontispiece, Illustrations. Frontispiece, Xii, 392 Pp. Original Embossed Green Cloth, Spine Lettered And Ruled In Gilt. Original Yellow Endpapers. Cloth Clean, Some Wear, Professional Repairs To Edges. Small "Ida" In Ink At Top Of Title, Later Inscription Dated 1941 On Recto Of Frontispiece. The"Advertisement" Page From The Publisher, Dated May 1948, States That This Is The First Edition To Identify Morier As The Author. Scarce, Apparently Only 4 Institutional Copies Recorded In Worldcat.

London: Richard Phillips, 1805. First Edition . Quarter Calf / Boards. Very Good. Xii, 300; (I), 295; (I), 342, (2). Three Volumes, Quarter Calf Over Marbled Boards, In Unmatched Bindings: Volume I Is 7" Tall, Red Morocco Spine Label, Gilt In Compartments, Vol Ii And Iii Are 6 11/16" Tall, Maroon Morocco Labels Without Gilt In Compartments, But All First Editions With 1805 On Title Page And No Further Printing Indicated, Half-Titles In Vol Ii And Iii But Lacking From Vol I, Catalog At End Of Vol Iii. Handwritten "Mackay's Edingbir Library" At Top Of First Pages Of Volumes Ii And Iii, Pencil Initials At End Of Volume Ii, No Other Names Or Marks. Bindings Worn At Edges But Intact, Hinges Strong, Fraying To Leather Tips And To Edges Of Paper-Covered Boards.

Boston: James R. Osgood And Company, 1882. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece Portrait. (Xvii), 261 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. First Edition. Light Wear, Gilt Fairly Bright, A Little Bubbling Of Cloth, A Few Pinpoint Frays At Edges, Rear Hinge Cracked (Due To Bancroft's Personal Envelope With Thick Enclosures Tipped To Rear Endpaper), Pages Clean But A Little Aged. Ownership Signature Of Textile Manufacturer Samuel Bancroft, Jr., Of Rockford Mills, Delaware, Dated 11/22/81, And With His Large And Elaborate Heraldic Bookplate On Front Pastedown. Also With A Seven Page Holograph Letter From Alfred Darbyshire To His Cousin Bancroft, Dated September 11, 1881, Apparently In Response To Inquiries From Bancroft, Providing A Summary Of Everything Darbyshire Knew Of Mrs. Ward, Her Family And Background, And Her Current Activities. Also Included Is Bancroft's Copy Of An August 26, 1879 Cable From Ward To Derbyshire Accepting The Invitation To Speak At A Calvert Benefit; Also A Note From L.… Read More

Philadelphia: J B Lippincott & Co [1871], 1872. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth, Gilt. Very Good +. 6 7/8' Tall. 203 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt And Black Lettering And Design, Two Blank Front Free Endpapers, Two Blank Rear Free Endpapers, The Elaborate Green Cloth Binding Being Very Similar To Strahan's 1871 London First Edition And The 1871 Routledge New York Printing, But With No Publisher's Name At Base Of Spine, And Lippincott Name And 1872 Date On Title Page [The Actual Publication Date Of This Lippincott Edition Is Cited As December 1871, And, As Lippincott Was Strahan's American Publisher At This Time, It Seems Likely That This Edition Is The First Authorized American Edition]. The Strahan Edition Has "Goblin" On Spine And Cover In Black, But In The Routledge And This Lippincott Edition That Word On The Spine Is In Gilt.] 30 B/W Illustrations In The Text, Half-Page At Center Of Pages, Signed With The Dalziels' Name [In Plural] And Hughes' Initials. Very… Read More

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1869. Second Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good. Viii, 199 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt. Second Edition Stated. One Of Ruskin's More Important Books. This Copy Inscribed By Ruskin (In His Hand) At Top Of Title Page : " 'Lizzie' With John Ruskin's Affectionate Regards.1869." Shortly After This Edition Was Published, A Distraught And Somewhat Incoherent Dante Gabrielle Rossetti Disinterred His Late Wife, Ruskin's Protege, Who Was Called "Lizzie" By Ruskin And Others Prior To Her Death, On Which Occasion This Book May Have Been Inscribed; But Perhaps Ruskin Was Then Well Acquainted With Another "Lizzie" Altogether.

London: Hurst and Blackette, 1899. First Edition . Half Morocco. Very Good +. Frontispiece, Plates. Xii, 312. Finely Bound In Red Half Morocco, Red Cloth, Five Raised Bands, Gilt Lettering, Brown Morocco Spine Labels, Gilt Tooling In Other Compartments, Tooled Edges On Boards, Top Edge Gilt. Lightly Used, Gilt Brilliant, Minute Losses Of Leather At Corners With Professional Repairs, 1/2" X 3/16" Light Stain On Cloth Of Front Board. Marbled Endpapers, Hinges Tight, Browning At Edges Of Corners Of Endpapers. Contents Fine. Inscribed By The Author To ---- Simpson, Dated In April 1899. Pencil Ownership Signature On Free Endpaper.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 7 13/16" Tall. Photographs and Drawings. Xi, 300 Pp + 4 Pp Ad For "How The Other Half Lives" At Rear. Original Violet Cloth, Lettered In Gilt, With Additional Purple Lettering And Design. First Edition. A Worn But Solid Example Of An Important Book, Presenting The Author's Observations Of Slum Life In New York City, Following His 1890 Book On The Same Subject. Certainly No Comparable Books On 2023 Slum Life Anywhere, As The Total Situation Of The Population At The Bottom Of Wealth Measures Largely Slips Out Of Public Sight. Cloth With Light Wear, Frays Near Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Two Front Tips And For 1/2" Along Top Edge Of Front Board Adjacent To The Spine, Gilt Lettering Still Bright, Purple Lettering Strong Except Middle Two Letters Of Publisher's Name On Spine Are Weak. All Illustrations And Photographs Present, All Pages Solidly Attached, Binding And Hinges Are Solid.… Read More

New York: G. W. Carleton & Co., 1879. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Viii, 9-217 + 6 Pp Carleton Catalog At End, Dated 1879. Brown Cloth, Stamped In Black, Light Blue Endpapers. Inscribed By The Author To Her Grandfather, Rev. Herman Halsey, Also With Ownership Signature Of Minnie Halsey At Top Of Preliminary Blank. Semi-Autobiographical Midwestern Novel About Two Young Women Who, Like The Author, Eventually Make Their Living Working In Wood. Scarce; Worldcat Shows Only Four Institutional Holdings. Very Clean, No Fading, Wear At Corners With A Few Tiny Frays At Lower Corners, Hinges Tight, No Stains, No Other Marks. Per Wikipedia: Calista Halsey Patchin (1845 -1920) Was A Journalist And Artist Based In Washington, D.C. And Des Moines, Iowa. Patchin Was The First Woman Reporter Hired By The Washington Post Newspaper In 1878. She Was The Daughter Of Samuel Halsey, A Newspaper Man. Patchin Was Educated In Ohio And Albany, New York. She Studied Wood Carving At The Cincinnati School… Read More