LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
First UK edition of the non-fiction companion to HUCKLEBERRY FINN, a memoir of Twain's experiences as a steamboat pilot before the Civil War.
First UK edition of the non-fiction companion to HUCKLEBERRY FINN, a memoir of Twain's experiences as a steamboat pilot before the Civil War.
First edition of Twain's final travel book, following his lecture tour through Hawaii, Australia and the South Pacific, India, and South Africa, an unusually bright copy.
Early issue of the first UK edition, in attractive pictorial cloth.
First printing of the classic American children's book about an orphan boy growing up on the banks of the Mississippi River in Missouri, in the expertly restored original cloth binding.
First printing, in the most uncommon form: bound in the publisher's full sheep.
First UK edition (technically published slightly before the US first edition) of Twain's tale of twins, role switching, comedy and tragedy – all set in the small Missouri town of Hannibal before the Civil War.
First printing, state A, of the continuing travels of Tom Sawyer, with authorial responsibility assigned to "Huck Finn, edited by Mark Twain."
First edition, first state of Twain's allegorical adventure of 16th-century England, aimed at elevating his literary reputation before HUCKLEBERRY FINN finally secured it.
Early 20th-century finely printed edition of the story that first brought Twain fame, exceptionally scarce with his signature on the front pastedown.