Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sheldon & Company, New York
Date Published: (1871)
Description: First edition, second issue. Teracotta cloth. Lacks both free endpapers, tiny owner's name on titlepage, spotting to the boards, slight loss at the spine ends, a marginally presentable, fair only copy. read more
Description: Twain, Mark., Sheldon & Co., nd, c1871, 1st Edition, 2nd state, illus. soft cover, some edge wear w/spine & front cover repairs o/w good, 46 pp, B & W illus., 12mo, 'Two or three persons having at different times intimated that if I wrote an autobiogaphy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sheldon & Co., New York
Date Published: 1871
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Later issue, ad for Ball, Black & Co on verso of title page with copyright notice at the bottom of the page. Very good, dark green embossed cloth with gilt title on front. Minor wear to tip of one corner, pages have light foxing at outside margin. read more
Edition: Early reprint.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sheldon, NY
Date Published: 1871
Description: 11 ful page b/w illus. VG+ book. Orig green cloth. Gilt lettered & embossed upper board. Bright & clean, in & out BUT: MISSING fep. Lower margin tip of p 24 chipped off. Extrems w minor bumping. 2nd state, ads on cp. read more
Edition: FIRST EDITION, SECOND STATE.
Binding: 8vo. Original purple cloth with gilt titles. 47 pp. plus ad.
Publisher: Sheldon & Company., New York.
Date Published: 1871.
Description: Good-very good with fading and chipping to the spine. Text illustrations. read more
Edition: First Edition, Second State
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sheldon & Company, New York
Date Published: 1871
Description: Good+ in None Issued jacket. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. First edition, second state, has the Ball, Black & Co. ad on the copyright page. Maroon gilt stamped cloth, 47 pp. + 1 pp. advert., b &w illustrations in text. Spine is faded, wear at corners and spine ends, covers scuffed, ffep is wrinkled and has a pencil eraser size hole, prev. owner's signature on ffep and flyleaf; page3/4 has a 1" tear at bottom near gutter, pages lightly soiled in the blank margins. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped ... read more
Edition: First edition. first issue
Binding: HARDCOVER
Publisher: Sheldon & Co., New York
Date Published: 1871
Description: cover wear, part of pastedown torn away, otherwise good. 48pp (last leaf torn out) 12mo hardbound. No ad on copyright page cf BAL 3326. read more
Edition: First
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Sheldon & Company, New York
Date Published: (1871)
Description: First edition, first issue terracotta cloth, first state of the title page without advertisement on verso. Also issued in wrappers, no priority. Shallow loss at the crown, some scuffing to the front board, else a very good copy. read more
Edition: 1st ed., cloth issue, 2nd state [BAL 3326, with ad for Ball,
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sheldon & Company, New York
Date Published: 1871
Description: Text is moderately foxed on few pages, cloth is quite mottled on front cover, else a very good copy, with gilt lettering and cloth quite bright. TWAIN, Mark. MARK TWAIN'S (BURLESQUE) AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND FIRST ROMANCE. Small octavo, reddish-brown cloth stamped in gold, 48 pages, illustrated. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sheldon & Company, New York
Date Published: 1871
Description: B&W illustrations. Very good. See details regarding condition. Reddish-brown cloth with gilt lettering on front. Blind-stamped border around title on front cover. Blind-stamped border on rear cover. First edition, second state. Yellow paste-downs. Ball, Black & Co. full page ad on reverse of title page. Full page ad for The Galaxy on reverse of last page. Top and bottom of spine rubbed. Corner tips rubbed. Shallow dent in top edge of front cover. Light wrinkling in top section of front cover. ... read more
Edition: First edition, first state without the ad on the copyright page.
Binding: original printed illustrated wrappers.
Publisher: [1871], Sheldon & Company
Description: New York: Wrappers dust-soiled with light wear; two corners lacking (not affecting printed area). 48 pp. 12mo, BAL 3326. read more
Edition: First
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Sheldon & Company, New York
Date Published: (1871)
Description: First edition, first issue terracotta cloth, first state of the title page without advertisement on verso. Also issued in wrappers, no priority. Faint, faded remnants of a contemporary owner name, slight nicking to the extremities of the thin spine, a very good plus copy. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original green cloth
Publisher: Sheldon & Company, New York
Date Published: 1871
Description: Superb copy, bright and fresh. Publisher's green cloth, gilt. BAL 3326: First State without ad. Twain's fictional history of his ancestry with anonymous illustrations satirizing Jay Gould and the Erie Railroad scandal. Professional tissue repair to front hinge before title page and to three page corners (one page corner is clipped). Endpapers, while very closely matching the original, are new but only enhance the appearance of the exterior which is as close to new as one could expect. read more
Edition: 1st Edition / 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sheldon & Company, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1871
Description: Fair. No Jacket as Issued. B63. 1st Edition / 1st Printing. Poor to fair, bottom half of pages 3-8 (3 physical pages) have been torn off and are missing (with loss of text and illustration, chipped at top & bottom of spine, cloth on covers is unevenly rubbed, corners rubbed, pages slightly darkened. 13 x 19cm. hard cover. 47pp + 1p ads at rear. read more
Description: New York, Sheldon & Company (1871) First edition 12mo, 47pp + ad. Wearing at the corners, mauve cloth. Spine faded to brown, faded at lower corner of front panel. Hinges unbroken. Non-authorial inscription on front fly leaf and inside panel. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sheldon & Company
Date Published: 1871
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Mark Twain’ s (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance by Mark Twain. Publisher: Sheldon & Company, New York, (1871). First edition, second state with Ball, Black & Co. add on copyright page. Tight clean copy. Binding showing minor rubbing. Head and tail of spine frayed. First free endpaper and title-page with crease. Pages with minor smudges throughout. In publisher’ s original terra cotta colored cloth. 47 pages plus ad page. BAL 3326. Overall a solid ... read more
Edition: First Edition, Second Issue
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Sheldon & Co, New York, N.Y., USA
Date Published: 1871
Description: Fair/Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 47pp. Ils. No advertisement on copyright page. Boards are bumped, frayed and edgeworn. There is a 1"x2" stain on the upper right corner of the front board, and a slightly smaller stain on the upper left corner of the rear board. 1 3/4" chip in the top of the spine, 1/4" chip in base. Gilt lettering on front board is nearly intact. Pages are age-darkened and very slightly foxed. Pen mark (1") and light erasure mark on title page, otherwise binding is tight. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY: Sheldon & Co., 677 Broadway, Under The Grand Central Hotel. No date...
Description: 1st edition(? ) second state. 19cm x 13cm x 0.9cm. pp.47. Full page advert to verso of title: "Ball, Black & Co..." plus copyright information: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1871, by Sheldon & Co...". Full page advert to verso of p.47: "Mark Twain Writes For The Galaxy Frequently...". Each page within a decorated frame. Illustrated throughout with caricatures of Twain himself. Front free-endpaper with ownership details written in a contemporary hand; dated 1889. Small ... read more
Description: (Clemens, Samuel L.). Mark Twain. MARK TWAIN'S (BURLESQUE) AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND FIRST ROMANCE. New York, Sheldon & Company, [1871]. 1st edition, 1st issue, without Black, Ball advert. Blind-stamped maroon cloth with gilt letters on the front. Very good condition. Spine sunned, bookplate, otherwise very good condition. McBride p.16, BAL 3326. read more
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