The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain

Garden City, New York: Hanover House, 1957. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Octavo in white multicolored DJ, deckled edges, xxiv, 676 pages; 22 cm. Extremely mild wear to spine head and foot, exceedingly gentle bumping to front board-rear corner, extremely mild rubbing to other 3 corners, faint soiling to fore-edges, bright pages in tight binding, less than quarter-inch tear to DJ top corners, less than quarter-inch clipped to DJ spine head and foot, sunned DJ spine and rear DJ, light soiling to rear DJ, less than quarter-inch tear to front DJ, else Near Fine(-) in Very Good DJ. Hardcover.

DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. Frog illustration to DJ spine and two color illustrations to front DJ (steamboat and Mark Twain). **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.** Contents: The notorious jumping frog of Calaveras County -- The story of the bad little boy -- Cannibalism in the cars -- A day at Niagara -- Legend of the Capitoline Venus -- Journalism in Tennessee -- A curious dream -- The facts in the great beef contract -- How I edited an agricultural paper -- A medieval romance -- My watch -- Political economy -- Science vs. luck -- The story of the good little boy -- Buck Fanshaw's funeral -- The story of the old ram -- Tom Quartz -- A trial -- The trials of Simon Erickson -- A true story -- Experience of the McWilliamses with membranous croup -- Some learned fables for good old boys and girls -- The canvasser's tale -- The loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton -- Edward Mills and George Benton: a tale -- The man who put up at Gadsby's -- Mrs. McWilliams and the lightning -- What stumped the bluejays -- A curious experience -- The invalid's story -- The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm -- The stolen white elephant -- A burning brand -- A dying man's confession -- The professor's yarn -- A ghost story -- Luck -- Playing courier -- The Californian's tale -- The diary of Adam and Eve -- The Esquimau maiden's romance -- Is he living or is he dead? -- The £1,000,000 bank-note -- Cecil Rhodes and the shark -- The joke that made Ed's fortune -- A story without end -- The man that corrupted Hadleyburg -- The death disk -- Two little tales -- The belated Russian passport -- A double-barreled detective story -- The five boons of life -- Was it heaven? or hell? -- A dog's tale -- The $30,000 bequest -- A horse's tale -- Hunting the deceitful turkey -- Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven -- A fable -- The mysterious stranger. "Contains a total of sixty stories, thirteen of them gathered from works of non-fiction. They cover the entire span of Twain's writing life, [published] from 1865 to 1916, six years after his death ... The stories are arranged chronologically according to the years of first publication, and alphabetically within a given year." A note on the text. Short stories, American -- 19th century.