Book digitized by Google from the library of University of California and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Spine title: The works of Mark Twain Introductions, biography of Twain, and editing of Twain letters by Albert Bigelow Paine "This definitive edition consists of one thousand twenty-four sets, the first volume of each bearing the original autograph signature of Mark Twain"--V. 1, p. [ii]. "This fly-leaf was signed by Mark Twain in 1906 in anticipation of the present definitive edition of his works"--Prefixed leaf. Author signed himself "S.L. Clemens, Mark Twain." Published in 2 issues. One has matching bindings of beige paper and royal blue cloth, with paper labels pasted on spine. Another is bound in matching half morroco with vol. 1 having a page of original manuscript material in Twain's own hand tipped in BAL NUC pre-1956 Includes bibliography and indexes v. 1-2. The innocents abroad, or, The new pilgrim's progress -- v. 3-4. Roughing it -- v. 5-6. The gilded age / by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner -- v. 7. Sketches new and old -- v. 8. The adventures of Tom Sawyer -- v. 9-10. A tramp abroad -- v. 11. The prince and the pauper -- v. 12. Life on the Mississippi -- v. 13. The adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- v. 14. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court -- v. 15. The American claimant, and other stories and sketches -- v. 16. Pudd'head Wilson ; and, Those extraordinary twins -- v. 17-18. Personal recollections of Joan of Arc / by the Sieur Louis de Conte -- v. 19. Tom Sawyer abroad, Tom Sawyer, detective, and other stories, etc., etc. -- v. 20-21. Following the equator -- v. 22. Literary essays -- v. 23. The man that corrupted Hadleyburg, and other essays and stories -- v. 24. The $30,000 bequest, and other stories -- v. 25. Christian Science -- v. 26. What is man? and other essays -- v. 27. The mysterious stranger, and other stories -- v. 28. Mark Twain's speeches -- v. 29. Europe and elsewhere -- v. 30-33. Mark Twain : a biography / by Albert Bigelow Paine -- v. 34-35. Mark Twain's letters / arranged with comment by Albert Bigelow Paine -- v. 36-37. Mark Twain's autobiography LC has set no. 600, with additional autograph signature of Albert Bigelow Paine. Incomplete: v. 36-37 wanting, as is the case with most sets Source: Gift of John Horton, Dec. 29, 1988