Mark Twain, Roosevelt and others | Liber Scriptorum, New York, 1893, first edition, publisher's brown morocco

From the Library of Clayre and Jay Michael Haft

Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt, and others

Liber Scriptorum. New York: [De Vinne Press for] The Author's Club, 1893

FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 181 OF 251 COPIES, SIGNED BY EACH CONTRIBUTOR, folio (315 x 220mm.), title-page printed in red and black, top edge gilt, others uncut, floral gilt endpapers, publisher's brown morocco, stamped in gilt and black, extremities rubbed

A sweeping anthology of stories, poems, essays and prose sketches, with contributions from one hundred and nine writers — each signed by the author at the end of the corresponding entry. Including contributions from Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew Carnegie, and Samuel Clemens, whose short story, "The Californian's Tale," is signed "Mark Twain" in his hand. 

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John Stuart Groves: bookplate