New York: Harper and Brothers, 1924 First edition, first issue with the copyright notice stating, "First Edition," and with the code letters "H-Y" on the copyright page. One of 100 special bound copies. With an Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine. 2 volumes. Pp. xvi, 368 + [6], 365, [2, ads], [1]. Gravure frontispieces in each volume. Contemporary three-quarter tan pigskin, raised bands, tan cloth sides, gilt-lettered spines, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. Minimal scuff marks to spine. Light, unobtrusive stain to spine of volume II. Overall, A fine set. First edition, first issue with the copyright notice stating, "First Edition," and with the code letters "H-Y" on the copyright page. Half title duplicated in volume II. Also includes the two pages of Books by Mark Twain after the index (volume II) noting that this title was issued as a "special edition." There is a typed statement tipped-in to volume I from the San Francisco bookselling firm of Newbegin's Books stating, "First issue of the first edition… hand-bound in three-quarter pigskin. This is one set of 100 issued for Mark Twain collectors." Stamped at the bottom edge of the inner rear covers is the statement, "Hand Bound for Newbegin." Neither BAL or Johnson mention this special edition. However, Johnson states, "About three hundred copies in sheets, uncut and untrimmed, were variously bound by individuals but no known copy issued by the publishers varied from the above collation" (as per our collation of this copy). "This is not the formal autobiography one expects and gets from a Grant or a Roosevelt. Rather it is a rambling group of reminiscences, which might jump in one moment from boyhood to middle age" (Johnson). [BAL: 3537; Johnson, Bibliography of Mark Twain: p.101]..

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Bookseller: Argonaut Book Shop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8411
Title: Mark Twain's Autobiography
Author: Twain, Mark
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper and Brothers
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1924
Keywords: Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens, Autobiography, Biography, Memiors, Authors, First Edtions, Literature, American Literature, Newbigins Bookshop, Newbegin's, Special Copy
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