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CLEMENS, Samuel (?Mark Twain?) (1835?1910). A group of 5 fi...

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CLEMENS, Samuel (?Mark Twain?) (1835?1910). A group of 5 first editions, including: Mark Twain?s (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance. New York: Sheldon & Co., [1871]. Numerous wood engraved vignettes. Original plum cloth lettered in gilt. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE with no advertisement for Ball, Black & Co. on copyright. BAL 3326. ?? The American Claimant. New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892. Illustrated from drawings by Dan Beard. Original grey?green pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt. FIRST EDITION. BAL 3434. ?? Tom Sawyer Abroad. New York: Charles L. Webster, 1894. Illustrated by Dan Beard. Original tan pictorial cloth stamped in orange, gilt and black (cockling to spine, some staining, front hinge cracked, contemporary gift inscription). State B binding (no priority). BAL 3440. ?? Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1896. Illustrated. Original red pictorial buckram stamped in white and gilt. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. BAL 3446. ?? Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1897. Illustrated, Original blue cloth pictorially stamped. BAL 3451. ?? Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all 8vo, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally very good.