1st item: THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER: A TALE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, First Edition, First Printing, by Mark Twain, published by James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1882. Hardcover octavo, 411 pages including notes and illustrations, hardbound in dark green publisher's cloth with black and gilt-stamped front cover with gilt lettering to front cover and spine. 8 3/4" H x 7 1/4" W x 1 1/4" D. Note: binding state "A" with central rosette on spine 1/8" below the horizontal fillet, and first printing points: Franklin Press imprint on verso of the title page, "estate" on line 1 of page 124, "do not" on line 22 of page 263, and "reigned" on line 8 of page 362. 2nd item: A TRAMP ABROAD, First Edition, Second State, by Mark Twain, published by American Publishing Company, Hartford, 1880. Hardcover octavo, 631 pages with frontispiece depicting a portrait of Twain and an illustration of a woman and an child titled "Titian's Moses", one back advertisement page, hardbound in dark brown publisher's cloth with gilt stamped and lettered front cover and spine. 9" H x 6 3/8" W x 2" D. 3rd item: EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE, First Edition, First Printing, by Mark Twain, published by Harper and Brothers, New York and London, 1923. Hardcover octavo, 406 pages with photographic frontispiece, hardbound in red publisher's cloth with gilt stamping to front cover and gilt lettering to spine. 8" H x 5 3/4" W x 1 1/2" D. Note: Includes first printing point: Code "E–X" on copyright page.

PROVENANCE: Private Nashville, Tennessee collection.

CONDITION: 1st item: Covers with general handling, shelf wear, rubbing to cloth, staining, areas of puckering or wrinkling to cloth on spine, corners bumped. Front cover slightly loose with 2 1/2" tear to bottom of pastedown. Pages with toning, scattered minute foxing spots, some dampstaining to top edges, pencil inscriptions from previous owners. 2nd item: Covers with handling/shelf wear, rubbing, primarily to edges, some staining, mildew, losses, largest 3/8" x 1", to top and bottom of spine, corners bumped. Front matter pages, frontispieces, and title page are separated from spine. Pages with toning, some scattered foxing spots, areas of dampstaining to edges, back few pages and pastedown with wrinkling, binding to pastedown is exposed. 3rd item: Covers with light handling/shelf wear, light rubbing to edges, very minute tears to top of spine, corners bumped. Pages with toning, some dampstaining to top edges.