‎LEMONNIER LEON.‎
‎MARK TWAIN.‎

‎VERHALEN VAN MARK TWAIN. UIT HET AMERIKAANSCH VERTAALD DOOR A.C.‎

‎Maldeghem, Delille, 1910 Originele uitgeversomslag, 21.7x17.5 cm., 119 pp.‎

‎Duimpjesuitgave De Buitenlandse Schrijvers nummer 82.‎

‎Les aventures de Tom Sawyer. Traduit avec l’autorisation de l’auteur. Traduction de W. L. Hughes. Illustrations par Achille Sirouy. Préface de Mark Twain. ‘Bibliothèque nouvelle de la Jeunesse’.‎

‎Paris, A. Hennuyer, imprimeur-éditeur, s.d. [1884], gr. in-8vo, (19x23,5cm), 4 ff. + 238 p., avec illustrations, nom ms. sur faux-titre, reliure en toile originale ill. ‘A. Souze’, tranches dorées, dos et plats légèrement brunis. Coiffe touchée sans manque.‎

‎Première édition de la traduction française, parue sans date. First French edition with a foreword by Mark Twain. Original cloth, cream/light brown with 4 coloured illustrations on the first cover, one on the back, spine with title, binding with printed signature ‘A. Souze’, 3 edges gilt. Spine-ends with small imperfection and shelf-use. Contemporary hw. name on half-title, in all a very good copy. Image disp.‎

‎Roughing It. By Mark Twain - First American Edition, first issue‎

‎ 1872 1872. Fully Illustrated by Eminent Artists. (Issued by Subscription Only...) Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [etc.], 1872. 1 page undated ads. Original black cloth decorated in gilt. First American Edition, first issue, of this very early Twain title -- his fourth major book. In July 1861, as the Civil War was getting underway, Twain headed out west as private secretary to his brother Orion, who had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory; Twain's "account of the continental crossing with Orion is a full-throated celebration of a golden era, of travel, youth, adventure, and America's last frontier" [Kaplan]..~The first issue is identifiable by the proper printing of lines 20-21 on p. 242.; also this copy does have ads on p. [592], which may be a further first-issue point. This is a near-fine copy (only a trace of wear at some edges, slight cracking of the front endpaper); as usual the binding's "gilt" (if actual gilt it is) has oxidized to a copper color. Blanck 3337 (indicating that the British editions may have been issued a few days earlier); McBride p. 18.~In our experience, it is quite difficult to find in decent shape copies of the first three of Twain's books that were issued in this hefty, oversized format (THE INNOCENTS ABROAD in 1869, this title in 1872, and THE GILDED AGE in 1873); it is not that hard to find the fourth and last (A TRAMP ABROAD in 1879).‎

‎Twain. Mark. 1835-1910 Roughing It. By Mark TwainHartford, Conn., American publishing co.; Chicago, $bF. G. Gilman [etc.,... . First state with 2 frontispieces; 591 pages and advert page; spine has light fading, but it and covers anre tight and solid; unmarked text , Very GoodPublished Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1872, first edition with all first state points. - full page advertisement on p. 592. Capital "T" in trees and "thirteenth" on page 156. "Eastern" p. 156. Complete text on p. 242. Unbroken "y" in first line of Contents. Unbroken type in first word of Chaper 1. 8vo. 591pp. 2 frontis+ plates+illustrations within the text + 1pp. publisher's ad. Brown cloth with blind embossed covers with gilt designs and titles, buff colored endpapers. Edges rubbed to the boards, several chips to the backstrip with loss at the heel, splitting to the outer cloth along hinges, corner stain to a few sheets, bookplate on pastedown, name on fl. Pages clean and crisp with no foxing, text block tight. Good.The first issue is identifiable by the proper printing of lines 20-21 on p. 242.; also this copy does have ads on p. [592], which may be a further first-issue point. TBlanck 3337 (indicating that the British editions may have been issued a few days earlier); McBride p. 18.~In our experience, it is quite difficult to find in decent shape copies of the first three of Twain's books that were issued in this hefty, oversized format (THE INNOCENTS ABROAD in 1869, this title in 1872, and THE GILDED AGE in 1873); it is not that hard to find the fourth and last (A TRAMP ABROAD in 1879).A second state copy of the first edition with the missing word "his" on lines 20/21 of page 242. (BAL 3337; McBride p. 18; Wright II 554; Johnson p. 215)BAL distinguishes between the first and second states by the presence of two words on page 242 (first state) or their absence (second state). But it isn't that simple. Copies are found with just one word present (or one word absent, if you are a pessimist.) And similar damage to the plates has been noted on the following pages: xi.1 (M in My is perfect) as in this copy; 19.1 (y is perfect) as in this copy; and 123.6 up (death! which was corrected from death.) as this copy. All of these texts are damaged at some point during the printings(s), and all, including the one on page 242, are found in endless random combinations. At some point, two words were altered: at page 156.2 up "thirteenth" was corrected to "sixteenth" - this copy has the uncorrected "thirteenth" -and on page 330.16 up "Eastern" was corrected to "eastern" - this copy has the uncorrected listing. These changes could distinguish between two printings, but may only distinguish between two later printings. The states of the plates can be guessed at, but if multiple plates were used or mixing of sheets took place (as is clear from surviving copies) they should be viewed with caution.Traduction automatique:Publié Hartford : American Publishing Company, 1872, première édition avec tous les premiers points d'état. - annonce pleine page à la p. 592. "T" majuscule dans les arbres et "treizième" à la page 156. "Oriental" p. 156. Texte complet p. 242. «y» ininterrompu dans la première ligne du sommaire. Type ininterrompu dans le premier mot du chapitre 1. 8vo. 591pp. 2 frontis+ planches+illustrations dans le texte + 1pp. annonce de l'éditeur. Toile brune avec couvertures gaufrées à froid avec dessins et titres dorés, pages de garde de couleur chamois. Bords frottés sur les plats, plusieurs éclats au dos avec manque au talon, déchirure au tissu extérieur le long des charnières . Pages propres et nettes sans rousseurs, bloc de texte serré. Bon. Remise de 20% pour toutes commandes supérieures à 200 €‎

‎Mark Twain. A collection of works by Mark Twain. In Russian /Tven Mark. Sobran‎

‎Mark Twain. A collection of works by Mark Twain. In Russian /Tven Mark. Sobranie sochineniy Marka Tvena. Volume 1. The Satirikon Library. Small Stories. Edited by A.P. Nurrok. S-Petersburg, 1910, 216 pages. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalbc8fcd89ab074fdad.‎

‎ Lettre autographe signée de Mark Twain au sujet du "Edison autrichien" ‎

‎ 1 billet découpé dans une page de carnet de notes quadrillé (11,5 x 10,5 cm). Vienne, 12 ou 13 juin 1898. ‎

‎[Vienne] [1898] 1 billet 11,5 x 10,5 cm Belle fraîcheur LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE. Mark Twain, l'auteur de Tom Sawyer de Hucleberry Finn, de son vrai nom Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), est à Vienne durant l'été 1898. Il y rencontre le Edison autrichien (né polonais), un certain Jan Szczepanik (1872-1926), inventeur - ancien instituteur - à qui l'on doit l'invention du télectroscope, instrument censé permettre la transmission d'images à distance grâce à l'électricité.Mark Twain compile de rapides éléments biographiques dans un article non dénué d'humour qu'il donne au Century Magazine "The Austrian Edison keeping school again".C'est que la situation prête effectivement à rire. Szczepanik, alors jeune instituteur en Moravie rongeant son frein de ne pouvoir donner vie à ses idées, fut limogé du fait de ses fréquents voyages à Vienne effectués sur ses jours de travail. Et la perte de son statut d'enseignant lui causera de curieuses tracasseries, comme le remarque Twain dans sa lettre :"Yesterday I wrote a page about Szczepanik's bi-monthly resumption of his school duties to satisfy the requirements of war & sent it to the Century Magazine".De nouveau civil sans privilège d'exemption, il est rattrapé par la loi et l'obligation d'effectuer son temps dans l'armée, 3 ans à brasser de l'air à la baïonnette en temps de paix, alors qu'il pourrait être en train de conduire l'humanité vers de nouveaux cieux technologiques. Aussi, un officiel trouva la parade et Szczepanik vit ses obligations militaires réduites à ce que Twain nous en dit dans son article : "He must go back to his village every two months, and teach his school half a day?from early in the morning until noon; and, to the best of my understanding of the published terms, he must keep this up the rest of his life! I hope so, just for the romantic poeticalness of it".Drôle, n'est-ce pas ? C'est ainsi que Twain le perçoit en tous cas dans la conclusion de sa lettre :"The Austrian War Department has one well developed quality, anyway - humor. Sincerely yours, SL Clemens"Une superbe lettre pleine d'humour de l'auteur de Tom Sawyer et de Huckleberry Finn ‎