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  The Royal Edition of The Writings of Mark Twain

  TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel Clemens].

  The Writings of Mark Twain.

  Hartford, Connecticut: The American Publishing Company, 1899-1907.

  The Royal edition of the writings of Mark Twain. Octavo, 21 volumes of the original 25 bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards for Brentano's  with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with many full-page illustrations, including etchings, photogravures, and engravings, with numerous frontispiece portraits of Twain. One of an unstated number of copies of the Royal edition, this is number 287. In near fine condition.

  Price: $3,800.00     Item Number: 138944

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  First edition of Mark Twain's What Is Man?

  TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].

  What Is Man?

  London: Watts & Co, 1910.

  First trade edition of this uncommon Twain title. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of leading Twain authority and publisher John Gerber with his bookplate to the pastedown. Gerber served as head of the English Department at the University of Iowa for many years following the end of World War II when American literature was beginning to replace the role of English literature in American schools and colleges. Gerber was instrumental in the publication of a new uniform edition of Mark Twain's works, which was finally published as the Iowa-California edition of the Works of Mark Twain beginning in 1972,…

  Price: $475.00     Item Number: 137544

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