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"ONE OF THE MOST DURABLE WORKS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE"

TWAIN, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford, 1876.

First American edition, first state of one of the great masterpieces of American literature and a true touchstone of American childhood, in the exceptionally rare publisher's morocco binding. An essential addition to any Mark Twain collection. Only 200 copies were issued in the publisher's three-quarter morocco binding. $69,000.

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"ONE OF THE MOST DURABLE WORKS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE"

TWAIN, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford, 1876.

First American edition, first state, of one of the uncontested, great masterpieces of American literature—and "one of the few books enjoyed by readers of every age… The captivating myth of the little town of long ago on the bank of the Great River" (LeMaster & Wilson, 12, 15)—in scarce handsome publisher's morocco-gilt. $46,000.

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"I CONFESS, THAT PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, WHEN I HAVE LEARNED A MAN'S REAL DISPOSITION AND CHARACTER, I HAVE NO HOPES OF CHANGING THEM FOR THE BETTER OR WORSE IN THIS STATE OF EXISTENCE": WONDERFUL ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM THOREAU'S CLASSIC WALDEN, FROM THE CHAPTER "SOUNDS"

THOREAU, Henry David. Autograph manuscript leaf from Walden. Concord, Massachusetts, 1854.

A wonderful item: an original autograph manuscript leaf from Henry David Thoreau's masterpiece, Walden, with an extensive passage from the chapter "Sounds" where Thoreau discusses the railroad on the other side of Walden Pond. $39,500.

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“I USED TO WONDER AT THE HALO OF LIGHT AROUND MY SHADOW,AND WOULD FAIN FANCY MYSELF ONE OF THE ELECT”

THOREAU, Henry David. Writings. Boston and New York, 1906. Twenty volumes. Manuscript Edition, beautifully bound and illustrated, limited to 600 copies, with manuscript leaf from Walden (two sides) entirely in Thoreau’s hand. $37,500.

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FROM MARK TWAIN'S RESEARCH LIBRARY, SIGNED BY TWAIN AND WITH HIS ANNOTATIONS ON THE FINAL PAGE

(TWAIN, Mark) TAINE, Hippolyte. The Ancient Regime. New York, 1876.

Mark Twain's signed copy of Hippolyte Taine's The Ancient Regime, signed "Saml. L. Clemens, Hartford 1876" on the front flyleaf and annotated by him on the final text leaf, "Finished Jan 29th" and beneath that note, "Finished Sept. 10th," indicating that he read the book twice. With the bookplate prepared by Anderson Auction Company in 1911 stating "This book is from the Library of Samuel Longhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)" signed by Twain's literary executor and biographer Albert Bigelow Paine. $25,000.

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"NOTHING MORE IS NEEDED THAN TO AWAKEN THE ATTENTION TO THE PUBLIC TO AN EXPOSÉ OF THE SLAVE LAW SYSTEM"

STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Autograph letter signed. Andover, Massachusetts, October 27, 1852.

Fascinating autograph letter written and signed by Harriet Beecher Stowe discussing slavery laws, penned at the height of Uncle Tom's Cabin's popularity. $22,500.

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THE POETS OF AMERICA, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL BOUND IN, INCLUDING AN INSCRIBED WHITMAN ENVELOPE

STEDMAN, Edmund Clarence. Poets of America. Cambridge, 1885. Two volumes extended to six.

First edition, number 84 of 150 large paper copies, extra-illustrated with many engraved portraits and an extraordinary collection of autograph material from 54 different authors bound in. Very handsomely bound in full morocco-gilt by the Monastery Hill Bindery. $19,000.

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"THE SOCIAL IMPACT ON THE UNITED STATES WAS GREATER THAN THAT OF ANY BOOK BEFORE OR SINCE"

STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. Boston, 1852. Two volumes.

First edition, first issue, of Stowe's classic and vastly influential novel in rare original extra-gilt cloth gift binding. With a tipped-in card in Volume I inscribed, "Sincerely Your Friend / Harriet Beecher Stowe / Feby. 27 1894." $18,500.

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