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[BINDINGS]. CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne ("Mark Twain"). The Writings of Mark Twain. Hartford, CT, 1899. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED TWICE BY CLEMENS, ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER WITH SEVERAL PLATES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.

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[BINDINGS]. CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). The Writings of Mark Twain. Hartford, CT: American Publishing Co., 1899.


22 volumes, 8vo. Numerous engravings. 20th-century blue morocco, covers with floral cornerpieces gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in two, the rest with floral tools gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (spines very slightly sunned, very slight chipping to a few spine ends, some light rubbing to a few volumes). 

LIMITED EDITION, number 79 of 512 copies of the "Autograph Edition," SIGNED TWICE BY CLEMENS: "S.L. Clemens" and "Mark Twain." The Gilded Age SIGNED BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER on limitation page. Several of the plates are SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, including Peter Newell, Karl Gerhardt, Charles Noel Flagg, and A.B. Frost.

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