Twain by Chernow, Signed (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Brand new, unread copy of first edition, first printing. Signed by Chernow on title page. Mint condition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Ronald Clyne (1925-2006) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Chernow reveals the magnificent and often maddening life of one of the most original characters in American history.Amazon. This copy is a stated first edition, first printing signed byChernow on a tipped in front page with the bright, colorful, price-intact dustjacket in excellent condition and wrapped in clear, mylar protection.The big book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for shipping. Due to size and weight the shipping rate will likely be adjusted. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Octavo, xxi, 1174 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is brown with white print, portrait. Price unclipped: "$45.00". Boards in tan cloth. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates (photographs). Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1408800. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. First Printing Fine in tan paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 9 1/8 by 6 inches with no prior ownership markings of any kind. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on a Penguin Press book plate on the fly title page. 1174 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes, abbreviations, acknowledgments and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Twain from a black and white photograph and two sections of 8 pages each of images from photographs.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 1174 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is black with white lettering and a small portrait of Mark Twain. Dust jacket is protected by mylar wrapping, price uncut: "$45.00". Minor shelfwear and soiling, textblock clean. Signed flat by Ron Chernow on tipped in endpaper. Shelved Case 12. 1404148. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First edition. First Printing. [i-xxi], 1174pp. 8vo. Paper over boards, spine stamped with gold foil. Book is a first edition with a number line starting with 1. The author has signed his name on a tipped-in page. Book is unread, unmarked, unclipped, tight, bright, and the jacket has an archival protector. A bump to lower corner of spine heel and a very small bump to spine head. Signed Copy sticker on jacket front. Gift quality. Contents: Book has five Parts with 69 smaller parts total. Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Illustration Credits; and Index follow. A heavy book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. The publisher's signed edition of Mark Twain by Ron Chernow. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Thick octavo, xxi, 1174pp, [4]. Beige hardcover, title stamped in gilt on the spine. The first printing, with a full number line on the copyright page. This copy appears unread. In the publisher's dust jacket, $45.00 on the front flap, "Signed Copy" sticker on the front panel, a bright, fine example. This signed copy was issued by the publisher, and signed by Ron Chernow on the second free endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first prnt. One of an unspecified number of copies issued by the publisher with a tipped-in page signed by Chernow and distributed for promotional purposes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographs. Chernow's eighth book following biographies of Rockefeller, Hamilton, Washington and Grant. His many awaards include the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Penguin Press; New York, 2025. Hard Cover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Assumed first edition, first printing with a full number line starting with "1". 9-1/2" tall, 1174 numbered pages includes "Acknowledgement", "Abbreviations", "Notes", "Bibliography", "Illustration Credits" and "Index". One-piece tan cloth-like binding, gilt lettering on spine only, front panel plain; plain ivory end pages; fore edge is trimmed. Book is brand new and is pristine: exterior is spotlessly clean, book is square, hinges tight, no edge dings; no corner bumps; head and heel of spine undamaged; hinges very tight and not damaged in any fashion. Interior is spotlessly clean and completely unmarked; pages are tight and clean with no stains; no page corners folded or damaged; hinges quite strong and tight; spine undamaged; no staining or discoloration; no distortion of the book from reading or improper shelving; no remainder mark, not book club edition nor ex-library. Jacket is also brand new and pristine: it is clean; no tears, folds, creases or fading; no corner bumps, no bumps on edges or on head and heel of spine; slightly raised letters of the title and author's name on front panel are evident (they have not been crushed); publisher's original price of "U.S. $45.00 / CANADA $60.00" listed on the upper edge of front flap. Jacket has two stickers: on the front panel is a 1-1/2" round black-on-white store sticker (a black cat sunning itself on a stack of books labeled 'Left Bank Books / St. Louis' and below that, "Signature EDITION") near Twain's chin; and near the bottom of the rear panel is a 2-1/4" x 1" black-on-white store sticker with ISBN, title, price and bar code. Jacket is now protected by mylar jacket cover. Signed by the author in thin black felt tip pen on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE SIGNED! FIRST EDITION, first printing. Book is brand new and unread. Personally hand signed by our greatest living biographer, Ron Chernow, directly to specially bound publisher's signature page. NOT inscribed to anyone. NOT a bookplate. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for many worry free years of reading/collecting! Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow illuminates the full, fascinating, and complex life of the writer long celebrated as the father of American literature, Mark Twain Before he was Mark Twain, he was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Born in 1835, the man who would become America's first, and most influential, literary celebrity spent his childhood dreaming of piloting steamboats on the Mississippi. But when the Civil War interrupted his career on the river, the young Twain went west to the Nevada Territory and accepted a job at a local newspaper, writing dispatches that attracted attention for their brashness and humor. It wasn't long before the former steamboat pilot from Missouri was recognized across the country for his literary brilliance, writing under a pen name that he would immortalize. In this richly nuanced portrait of Mark Twain, acclaimed biographer Ron Chernow brings his considerable powers to bear on a man who shamelessly sought fame and fortune, and crafted his persona with meticulous care. After establishing himself as a journalist, satirist, and lecturer, he eventually settled in Hartford with his wife and three daughters, where he went on to write The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He threw himself into the hurly-burly of American culture, and emerged as the nation's most notable political pundit. At the same time, his madcap business ventures eventually bankrupted him; to economize, Twain and his family spent nine eventful years in exile in Europe. He suffered the death of his wife and two daughters, and the last stage of his life was marked by heartache, political crusades, and eccentric behavior that sometimes obscured darker forces at play. Drawing on Twain's bountiful archives, including thousands of letters and hundreds of unpublished manuscripts, Chernow masterfully captures the man whose career reflected the country's westward expansion, industrialization, and foreign wars, and who was the most important white author of his generation to grapple so fully with the legacy of slavery. Today, more than one hundred years after his death, Twain's writing continues to be read, debated, and quoted. In this brilliant work of scholarship, a moving tribute to the writer's talent and humanity, Chernow reveals the magnificent and often maddening life of one of the most original characters in American history. Signed by Author(s).

Mass Market. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (2025). Thick 8vo. 1st edition. SIGNED by Chernow on tipped-in-leaf. Slightest marking to textblock edges. Light bumping and slight wear to edges, forecorners, and spine ends of gently rubbed boards. Minor marking to dust jacket verso. Light bumping and scraping to edges, forecorners, and spine ends of gently rubbed dust jacket with 'signed copy' sticker on front panel. VG/VG. Author.