Mark Twainís Memoranda by TWAIN, Mark - 1871

Mark Twainís Memoranda TWAIN, Mark. Mark Twainís Memoranda. From the Galaxy. Toronto: The Canadian New and Publishing Company, 1871. First edition. An unauthorized publication. With original (Canadian News and Publishing Company) imprint on title page. Octavo. Two lithographed illustrations. Original embossed blue cloth. Title stamped in gilt on front cover, blindstamped on front and rear covers. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper, incomplete library stampings on copyright page, spine rubbed on top and bottom, corners bumped. Very good. Amongst the rarest of Twain's early publications. An unauthorized Canadian piracy from his contributions in the New York literary periodical Galaxy (from May 1870 to February 1871), thus creating a new book title which was in itself never published in the United States. BAL 3327 records the normal imprint as The Canadian News and Publishing Company, but notes copies have been located bearing the name of different distributors. RLIN cites only the AAS copy (imprinted as Canadian News & Publishing Co). In 1871, Sheldon and Co. published A Burlesque Autobiography which was previously published in Twain's Memoranda. HBS 67157. $2,250