New York: Gabriel Wells, 1922-1925.
Price:
$20,000.00
About the item
The Definitive Edition, copy 390 of 1024 sets, with the double signature of the author on the front flyleaf of the first volume ("S. L. Clemens | Mark Twain"), and the attestation signed by As usual, this set includes an attestation signed by Albert Bigelow Paine, Clemens' biographer and literary executor, that the flyleaves signed by Clemens/Twain were signed in 1906 in anticipation of a definitive edition. Title-pages printed in red and black with engraved vignette of a steamboat, frontispieces and numerous plates with red-captioned tissue-guards. 37 vols. 8vo. In full burgundy crushed levant, with gilt borders, embossed signature to the covers, raised bands and gilt on spine, gilt board edges and turn-ins, teg, by the Chelsea Bindery. Fine. BAL 3691; Schmidt, A History of and Guide to Uniform Editions of Mark Twain's Works, Chapter 29.
Item #376733
A beautiful set of the definitive edition of Twain's Writings.
The final eight volumes comprise Paine's biography of Clemens, his selection of letters by the author, and his heavily expurgated edition of Clemens' Autobiography.
