Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Mark Twain's Notebook. Prepared for Publication with Comments by Alfred Bigelow Paine. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935. First edition, first state with the code I-K (September 1935) and first edition slug intact on the copyright page. Octavo (9.25 x 6.25 inches; 235 x 158 mm.). xi, [1, blank], 413, [5, blank] pages. Photographic portrait frontispiece, additional illustrated plate and a double-sided facsimile reproduction inserted. Publisher's dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front board ruled in blind with the author's facsimile signature stamped in gilt; top edge of the text block trimmed; others rough-trimmed; plain endpapers. Spine gently leaning; spine ends softly pushed; corners bumped; extremities with a touch of wear; very faint discoloration to the rear board. Text block very slightly sagging; light or faint foxing to the top edge of the text, the endpapers and the title-page. Very good. BAL 3556. (#10154).
