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Clemens, Samuel Langhorne
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description
- set of printed books
The Writings of Mark Twain. Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1899–1907
25 volumes, 8vo (8 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.; 210 x 146 mm). General engraved title-pages printed on chine appliqué, numerous plates, including 18 plates (vols. 2–9, 10–23) signed by such notable artists as Peter Newell, Karl Gerhardt, Charles Noel Flagg, E. W. Kemble, and A.B. Frost, lettered tissue-guards; very minor foxing or spotting in a few volumes. Full crimson morocco, covers gilt with elaborate filleted frames, spines gilt in six compartments, green morocco doublures with filleted fan cornerpieces, blue moiré silk linings, top edges gilt, others uncut; a few board edges and joints very lightly rubbed.
25 volumes, 8vo (8 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.; 210 x 146 mm). General engraved title-pages printed on chine appliqué, numerous plates, including 18 plates (vols. 2–9, 10–23) signed by such notable artists as Peter Newell, Karl Gerhardt, Charles Noel Flagg, E. W. Kemble, and A.B. Frost, lettered tissue-guards; very minor foxing or spotting in a few volumes. Full crimson morocco, covers gilt with elaborate filleted frames, spines gilt in six compartments, green morocco doublures with filleted fan cornerpieces, blue moiré silk linings, top edges gilt, others uncut; a few board edges and joints very lightly rubbed.
Provenance
Nick Karanovich (sale, Sotheby’s New York, 19 June 2003, lot 98)
Catalogue Note
The Autograph edition, copy 303 of 525 sets, with the double signature of the author on the limitation leaf: "S. L. Clemens | (Mark Twain)." A handsome set.