The Writings of Mark Twain.

TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].

$15,000.00

Item Number: 148122

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1929.

The Stormfield limited edition of Twain’s writings. Including his autobiography, as well as a biography by Albert Bigelow Paine. Octavo, 37 volumes, bound in three-quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments winthin raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispieces, illustrated with black and white tissue-guarded plates, some pages uncut. One of 1,024 numbered sets, this is number 175. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. An exceptional set.

Lauded by William Faulkner as “the father of American literature”, American writer, humorist, and publisher Mark Twain’s best-known works include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), the latter often called “The Great American Novel.” “To understand America, read Mark Twain. No matter what new craziness pops up in America, I find it described beforehand by him. He was never innocent, at home or abroad” (Garry Wills).