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Twain, Mark: VARIOUS PAMPHLETS AND STORIES BY AND ABOUT MARK TWAIN, Various Various

[Twain, Mark] Lee, Francis Lightfoot. Memoirs prepared for the Centennial Celebration of the adoption of "The Resolutions Respecting Independency". In : The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. No. 3 of Vol. I. Philadelphia, 1877; Historical Society of Pennsylvania. First edition, 8vo, pp. 433-444. Stapled, unbound. Twain, Mark. To the Person Sitting in Darkness. In: The North American Review, No. DXXXI, Feb. 1901. First published edition, 8vo. Pp. 161-176, stapled, unbound. Twain, Mark. Does the Race of Man Love A Lord? In: The North American Review, No. DXLV, April, 1902. First published edition, 8vo, pp. 433-444. Stapled, unbound. [Twain, Mark] Phelps, William Lyon. Mark Twain. In: The North American Review, July 5, 1907. Octavo, pp. 540-548. First edition; stapled, unbound. Twain, Mark. Mental Telegraphy. A manuscript with A History. In: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Dec. 1891, pp. 95-104; 8vo, stapled, brown paper wraps. Twain, Mark. A Dog's Tale. Illustrated. In: Harper's Monthly Magazine, Dec. 1903, pp. 11-19; 8vo, stapled, brown paper wraps. First appearance in print. Twain, Mark. The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg. In: Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Dec. 1899; pp. 29-54; 8vo, stapled, brown paper wraps. First appearance in print. [Twain, Mark] Methfessel, H. Illustration from Collier's Weekly, April 1, 1899, folio, captioned "Your health, Mr. Kipling." Illustration shows Twain and other authors offering a toast to Rudyard Kipling (black & white). Twain, Mark. My Platonic Sweetheart. In: Harper's Monthly Magazine, Dec. 1912, pp. 14-20. Octavo, stapled, unbound. Twain, Mark. A Double-barreled Detective Story. In: Harper's Monthly Magazine, Part I, Jan. 1902. pp. 256-270; Part II, Feb. 1902, pp. 429-441. First appearance in print. [Twain, Mark]. Brooks, Noah. Mark Twain in California. In: The Century Magazine, Nov. 1898, pp. 97-104, octavo, stapled, unbound. First edition. [Twain, Mark] Ticknor, Caroline. "Mark Twain's" Missing Chapter. In: The Bookman, May, 1914, pp. 298-309, octavo, stapled, unbound. [Twain, Mark] Johnson, Clifton. Mark Twain's Country. Jan. 1905, octavo, stapled, unbound (cut from a periodical). Twain, Mark. Was it Heaven? Or Hell? In: Harper's Monthly Magazine, Dec. 1902, octavo, pp. 11-20, stapled, unbound. Twain, Mark. Unpublished Chapters From The Autobiography of Mark Twain. In: Harper's Monthly Magazine, August, 1922, pp. 310-315, stapled, unbound. [Twain, Mark]. Henderson, Archibald. The International Fame of Mark Twain. In: Te North American Review, Dec. 1910, pp. 805-815, octavo, stapled, unbound. [Twain, Mark] Some Characters from "Pudd'nead Wilson." Black and white folding illustration from Harper's Weekly, June, 1895, p. 590, 12" x 16". [Twain, Mark] Brooks, Van Wyck. Mark Twain's Humour. In: The Dial, March, 1920, pp. 275-291, octavo, stapled, unbound. Twain, Mark. The Private History of A Campaign Tat Failed. In: Harper's Monthly Magazine, Dec. 1885, pp. 193-204, octavo, stapled, unbound. Twain, Mark. English as She is Taught. 1887, pp. 932-936, stapled, unbound (cut from Century Magazine, April, 1887). First appearance in print. [Twain, Mark] Portraits of Mark Twain. In: McClure's, June, 1896, pp. 73-78, illustrated; stapled, unbound. Twain, Mark. QA Wonderful Pair of Slippers. In: Te Century Magazine, Feb. 1890, pp. 309-313, octavo, original printed wrappers. [Twain, Mark]. Two black and white illustrations of Twain on heavy paper, 10" x 13". [Twain, Mark] Van Doren, Carl. Mark Twain and Bernard Saw. In: The Century Magazine, March, 1925, pp. 705-710; stapled, unbound.

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Twain, Mark: MARK TWAIN Versus THE STREET RAILWAY CO. MARK TWAIN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL FOR THE BOOK MARK TWAIN versus THE STREET RAILWAY CO.

The original material used by John S. Mayfield in publishing his book, Mark Twain Versus The Street Railway Company (np. 1926) The letters and documents comprising the manuscript are all tipped into a first edition copy of Mark Twain's Autobiography (New York, 1924; Harper ad Brothers). Two volumes large octavo, dust jackets and original box. The material consists of the following items: 1. Autograph letter signed by Mark Twain, 2 pages on black bordered stationary, dated May 5, 1906, to Owen Root, Jr. General Manager of the railway company. Twain eloquently states that his daughters are "frequently robbed by conductors on the surface lines" and that this time his eldest daughter took note of "the thief's" number and the time and place of the incident. 2. Autograph letter signed "S.L. Clemens," 2 pages on black bordered stationary dated May 13, 1906, to Owen Root, Jr. General Manager of the railway company. Twain replies to the Owen Root letter of May 9, 1906 (in full): "Dear Sir: I thank you very much for the trouble you have taken in investigating the complain I entered, and acknowledge with thanks the receipt of stamps amounting to 20 cents. The conductor against whom that charge can be made only once in two years must be a valuable man, and I should be the last one to wish to get him into trouble. Yours Very Truly/S.L. Clemens" ("To Owen Root, Jr., Esq.") 3. Autograph letter signed "Clemens" to James Redpath, 1 page, dated June 14, 1871. Twain writes that he is "hard at work" on a book similar to the Innocents (The Innocents Abroad). 4. Autograph letter signed "Mark" to James Redpath, 1 page dated May 15, 1873. Twain writes to his friend that he is sailing in the Batavia (for London) on Saturday and gives his London address. 5. Autograph signatures of Twain "S.L. Clemens/Mark Twain" tipped into one of the preliminaries of volume one. 6. Black-bordered card tipped onto the title page of volume two: "Mr. S.L. Clemens, 21 Fifth Avenue." 7. Carbon copy of a type letter from Owen Root, Jr., V-P and General Manager of the railway company to Mark Twain, 2 pages dated May 9, 1906; Mr. Root apologizes to Mr. Twain and acknowledges that his conductor may have been mistaken. Mr. Root encloses 20 cents in stamps to reimburse Miss Clemens for change she should have received. 8. Autograph document signed (an affidavit) by John Burgess, the conductor involved in the incident; 3 pages dated May 1, 1906. The affidavit is accompanied by a TLS by the Division General Foreman, dated May 8, 1906, explaining his interview with the accused conductor; a map is attached to rear paste-down. 9. Autograph letter signed to Herbert S. Stone, from E.C. Stedman, 2 pages dated March 13, 1894. The letter concerns a Poe item in Stedman's possession, about which an article has appeared in the newspaper. Stedman tells Stone that he has found the other Poe like his-the only other one. It is The Tale of the Ragged Mountains, and W.E. Benjamin had it, but sold it to a customer for500. 10. Autograph letter signed to Chauncey M. Depew (of Cambridge) from E.C. Stedman, April 17, 1888. Stedman writes that his and Depew's remarks against demands for "brain-testing" he is giving his friend, the editor of The Youths Companion, a letter to Depew (from a 3rd party). Stedman adds, "for I suspect that you would rather write a paper for the youngsters than to do anything else out of railroading ad politics." 11. A printed letter signed by the author, George Washington Cable, to Edmund C. Stedman [n.p., n.d.], saying hat it had been agreed among some 150 friends of Twain to write to him asking for his autograph. These letters would be mailed so that all would reach Twain on April 1st and would constitute an April Fool's Joke; none of the letters would contain a self-addressed stamped envelope. This Aprils Fool's joke includes the envelope postmarked March 29, 1884. 12. A first edition of the book Mark Twain vs. The Street Railway Company, (n.p. 1926). BAL 3540 All the above is housed in a quarter-leather clamshell slipcase. CABLE, George Washington (1884-1925). Journalist, author (Old Creole Days) and friend of Mark Twain. DEPEW, Chauncey M. (1834-1928). Lawyer, railway president and republican senator from New York (1899-1911); Depew was an engaging speaker and very influential in his day. REDPATH, James (1833-1891). Journalist, editor and friend of mark Twain; he wrote abolitionist articles for Horace Greeley's New York Tribune in the 1850's. He encouraged such writers as Walt Whitman and Louisa M. Alcott. STEDMAN, Edmund Clarence (1833-1893). Poet, critic, banker and friend of Mark Twain; he was a war correspondent for The New York World, 1861-1863. Stedman exercised considerable influence on American letters through his critical works and anthologies.

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Ober, K. Patrick (translator). Mark Twain and Medicine : Any Mummery Will Cure (Mark Twain and His Circle Ser.) [MEDICIJE, LITERATURE]. Columbia, MO, U.S.A.: University of Missouri Press, 2003.
0826215025, 362 pp -- FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED -- IMPORTANT: Interior text is clean, tight, and unmarked. Pages are intact and tight to the spine. -- "Mark Twain has always been America's spokesman, and his comments on a wide range of topics continue to be accurate, valid, and frequently amusing. His opinions on the medical field are no exception. While Twain's works, including his popular novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, are rich in medical imagery and medical themes derived from his personal experiences, his interactions with the medical profession and his comments about health, illness, and physicians have largely been overlooked. In Mark Twain and Medicine, K. Patrick Ober remedies this omission. The nineteenth century was a critical time in the development of American medicine, with much competition among the different systems of health care, both traditional and alternative. Not surprisingly, Mark Twain was right in the middle of it all. He experimented with many of the alternative care systems that were available in his day--in part because of his frustration with traditional medicine and in part because he hoped to find the "perfect" system that would bring health to his family. Twain's commentary provides a unique perspective on American medicine and the revolution in medical systems that he experienced firsthand. Ober explores Twain's personal perspective in this area, as he expressed it in fiction, speeches, and letters. As a medical educator, Ober explains in sufficient detail and with clarity all medical and scientific terms, making this volume accessible to the general reader. Ober demonstrates that many of Twain's observations are still relevant to today's health care issues, including the use of alternative or complementary medicine in dealing with illness, the utility of placebo therapies, and the role of hope in the healing process. Twain's evaluation of the medical practices of his era provides a fresh, humanistic, and personalized view of the dramatic changes that occurred in medicine through the nineteenth century and into the first decade of the twentieth. Twain scholars, general readers, and medical professionals will all find this unique look at his work." Mark Twain has always been America's spokesman, and his comments on a wide range of topics continue to be accurate, valid, and frequently amusing. His opinions on the medical field are no exception. While Twain's works, including his popular novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, are rich in medical imagery and medical themes derived from his personal experiences, his interactions with the medical profession and his comments about health, illness, and physicians have largely been overlooked. In Mark Twain and Medicine, K. Patrick Ober remedies this omission. The nineteenth century was a critical time in the development of American medicine, with much competition among the different systems of health care, both traditional and alternative. Not surprisingly, Mark Twain was right in the middle of it all. He experimented with many of the alternative care systems that were available in his day--in part because of his frustration with traditional medicine and in part because he hoped to find the "perfect" system that would bring health to his family. Twain's commentary provides a unique perspective on American medicine and the revolution in medical systems that he experienced firsthand. Ober explores Twain's personal perspective in this area, as he expressed it in fiction, speeches, and letters. As a medical educator, Ober explains in sufficient detail and with clarity all medical and scientific terms, making this volume accessible to the general reader. Ober demonstrates that many of Twain's observations are still relevant to today's health care issues, including the use of alternative or complementary medicine in dealing with illness, the utility of placebo therapies, and the role of hope in the healing process. Twain's evaluation of the medical practices of his era provides a fresh, humanistic, and personalized view of the dramatic changes that occurred in medicine through the nineteenth century and into the first decade of the twentieth. Twain scholars, general readers, and medical professionals will all find this unique look at his work" From University of Missouri Press;
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Twain, Mark and Lee Nelson. Huck Finn & Tom Sawyer Among the Indians. Springville, Utah USA: Council Press, 2003.
DJ edges a little shelf worn, otherwise in great condition, like new! Book cover is brown with gold text on the spine, a little corner worn but in excellent condition. SIGNED by author, in gift inscription on title page. 'To Jeanine, Best Wishes, Lee Nelson, 2005' ; "Mark Twain's long-lost novel comes to life in a wonderful collaboration with legendary Western writer Lee Nelson. Readers say they can't distinguish where Twain leaves off and Nelson begins. Nelson's writing credentials include more than 30 books, including the best-selling Storm Testament series set in the 1800s. In 1885 while The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was becoming one of the best-selling American classics of modern times, Mark Twain began this sequel in which Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer and Jim head west on the trail of two white girls kidnapped by Sioux warriors, learning the hard way that "book Injuns and real Injuns ain't the same. " Fifteen thousand words into the work, Twain stopped in the middle of a sentence, never to go back; the unfinished story sitting on dusty shelves for more than a hundred years until The University of California cut a deal with Utah author Lee Nelson to finish it. This story, Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the Indians, is the first new book with Mark Twain's name on it in nearly a hundred years, with readers saying they can't tell where Twain stops and Nelson begins: a story of adventure, wit and wisdom with Tom and Huck seeking true love while tramping through hostile Indian country, befriending Bill Hickman and Porter Rockwell, stealing from the United States Army, then on to face a gunfight and hangman's noose in Sacramento, California. Author's Note: I discovered Mark Twain's unfinished story Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the Indians when it was published in Life Magazine in 1968. I was in the Brigham Young University barbershop, reading part of the story before my haircut, and I read the rest afterward. I was enthralled, hanging on every word as Huck, Tom and Jim joined up with the Mills family on the Platte River. A group of Sioux Indians befriended the family, then suddenly slaughtered the parents and older boys, and kidnapped the two girls and Jim. Huck and Tom joined forces with mountain man Brace Johnson to follow the Indians and rescue the girls. As they approached the Indian camp, getting ready for a daring rescue, the story suddenly ended, right in the middle of a sentence. I was so disappointed. Although Mark Twain wrote and published a number of books and stories after 1885, he never finished this one. Early in 2002, while watching a documentary on Mark Twain on a local PBS station, I remembered reading the Among the Indians story in the barbershop. By this time I had published a dozen historical novels with settings on the American frontier, and realized I was probably as qualified as any other living author to finish the work begun by Twain. A little research on the web led me to those who controlled the copyright-The Mark Twain Foundation and the University of California Press. Contact was made, approval was granted, a contract was drawn up, and the following story is the result. I have no idea how Twain intended to finish the story, and I reason that he didn't know either, or he would have done it. I just hope that wherever he is, he enjoys my conclusion as much as I enjoyed his beginning. " ; 6" x 8.5"; 277 pages; Signed by Author.

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