The Writings of Mark Twain.

TWAIN, Mark (Samuel Clemens).

Item Number: 54092

Hartford, CT: The American Publishing Company, 1899-1907.

The Royal Edition of the writings of Mark Twain. Octavo, 25 volumes, bound in full contemporary red morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, compartments with gilt floral designs, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with gravure plates, additional illustrated title pages. Number 411 of an unstated number of copies of the Royal Edition, “Limited and Registered.” The Royal edition contains all the novels, essays and sketches of Mark Twain. With many full-page illustrations, including etchings, photogravures, and engravings, with numerous frontispieces. Rare and desirable.

“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).