The Stolen White Elephant Etc

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. 306pp + 12pp of publishher's advertisements. Grey pictorial binding stamped in brown and gold on the front and the spine. Collects eighteen stories. Minor losses to spine panel, some soiling and rubbing to spine panel, old faint stain affecting the fore edge of the second half of text block.… Read more about this item

1882 Mark TWAIN 1st/1st Stolen White Elephant Detective Mystery Punch Brothers "The Stolen White Elephant, Etc." by Mark Twain, is a collection of intriguing stories, with the titular tale centered around a detective mystery involving a Siamese white elephant meant as a gift for the Queen of Britain. This elephant mysteriously vanishes in New Jersey, leading the local police on a… Read more about this item

1882 MARK TWAIN 1st/1st Stolen White Elephant Detective Mystery Punch Brothers "The Stolen White Elephant, Etc." by Mark Twain, is a collection of intriguing stories, with the titular tale centered around a detective mystery involving a Siamese white elephant meant as a gift for the Queen of Britain. This elephant mysteriously vanishes in New Jersey, leading the local police on a… Read more about this item

James R. Osgood and Co, 1883. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. First edition. Covers shelfworn. Front hinge cracked. Stitching a little loose, but still intact.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. 1882. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Owner name on FEP, printed stamp on page 1. Chipping at spine crown/heel. Corners bumped. Library pocket on rear pastedown. .

Boston.: James R. Osgood and Company,, 1882.. First American edition.. Tan cloth over boards, pictorial front cover and spine, stamped in brown and gold. Hardcover. . Near fine copy (very light shelf wear, light remnants of tape on front end paper).. Octavo.. No vestige of signature mark 14. Eighteen medium length sketches, some of which are… Read more about this item

Toronto: Musson. Hardcover. Very Good. No date, NAP, possible first Canadian printing? 285 pp., 12mo, pink blindstamped cloth with gilt front and spine titles. Complete copy with firm, intact hinges, clean contents, neat early owner's name to front endpaper. Contents Nearly Fine. Covers somewhat faded around the spine, with minor soiling and some wear, but gilt titles still… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First American Edition, Early Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 306, 12 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in tan cloth, though darkened to brown, with brown lettering on spine. Soiling and foxing to spine and boards. Fraying to cloth on spine and corners. Scattered foxing to edges of textblock. Age-toning to interior pages… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. Printer: University Press, John Wilson and Son, 1882. First Edition. Cloth. (Shallow blind and gilt stamping, decorated with elephant head, red swirly lines, etc.)'/. Very Good. 12mo. 17 by 12 cm. 306, 12 pp. Cloth somewhat soiled, with a light reddish stain, smaller spots on darkened… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882. 306pp plus 10 numbered and two unnumbered pages of advertisements. Brown cloth boards with titles in brown on spine, logo in gold on spine, and Twain's name in gold on front board. Decorative cover shows an elephant's head on a gold background. Shelfwear to spine ends and corners, with one corner showing through… Read more about this item

NY:: Charles L. Webster & Company,. Good. 1888. Hardcover. An early printing. Duodecimo, bound in decorated olive green cloth. Edge worn at the spine ends and corners, faded along the spine, ring stain on rear board, upper corner of title page is clipped, previous owner's name on front paste-down and blind-stamp on title page, else … Read more about this item

James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1882. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, hardcover. No dj, brown decorative cloth. Vg- condition. Covers rubbed and soiled; spine recased. Previous owner has penned some doggerel verses to the front endpaper. Contents free of writing or marking, binding square and tight.

James R. Osgood and Co., Boston: 1883., 1883 pp. 306, (12)[Publisher's catalogue]. XLib call number stamped on page 51. 8vo. Original full cloth binding decorated in gold and red with pictorial of an elephant. Spine darkened with some loss. Binding soiled. HUMOR 3 Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Good.

London: Chatto & Windus (1882). First edition with May adverts at rear. Original decorated red cloth covers. In very good condition - an attractive copy.

Boston: James R. Osgooc and Company, 1882 Grey/brown/gilt embossed boards. Foxing to covers, with tiny holes in cloth at seams. Boards tight. Owner's name. 306 pgs. 12 pgs publisher's ads. (2) Excellent copy of the scarce first edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good.

Chatto & Windus, 1927-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardcover/Hardback. Clean copy in good condition.

Tauchnitz, 1882 Ist European Edition, photo of Twain glued on ffep, slightly yellowed but tight copy showing only the very slightist of wear. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Fair. FIRST US EDITION!! 1882 James R. Osgood and Company Hardcover, issued without dust jacket. Original tan cloth-covered boards with stamped letters and design in brown and gilt. Spine slightly browned and leaning, ends a bit chipped, some rubbing and soiling to cloth. 19th Century owner signatures and date. etc. A few foxed / spotted areas. HARD-TO-FIND TWAIN… Read more about this item

A New Edition. Red boards, black decorations and gilt titles and elephant on front board. Spine darkened and chipped top and bottom, binding shaky, page sections coming loose from spine, staples rusty. Vine leaf pattern endpapers, neat ink stamp of previous owner on ffep. 285pp + 32pp publishers catalogue for December 1882. Age toned top edge, light foxing

Hardback. New.