Paine, Albert Bigelow; Mark Twain : A Biography : The Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens [3 volume set]; New York: Harper & Brothers 1912. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 1719 pages in 3v. Hardcover.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens - Biography Literary Criticism American Literature - 19th Century American Literature - 20th Century Humor - United States
Very Good-/noDJs. Light shelfwear, light fore-edge foxing, 1912 Christmas gift inscription, owner's bookplate, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcovers.
Three of three volumes, complete set. First issue, September 1912, with copyright date codes Vol I: H-M, Vols II and III: I-M - William M McBride; Mark Twain: A Bibliography of the Collections of the Mark Twain Memorial and the Stow-Day Foundation; T1912.A3, page 453. Later in 1912, a four volume set was issued, but contained the same 1719 pages with no additions.
"Paine approached SLC [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] about writing his biography, and in January 1906 SLC installed him as a member of the household. As SLC’s literary executor, Paine closely controlled access to the unpublished papers. His Mark Twain: A Biography appeared in 1912 ... Paine’s unparalleled access to SLC in his last years, and to his private papers, give him a continuing place in Mark Twain studies, made somewhat controversial by his zeal to protect the image of the author." - Mark Twain Project. First Edition, First Printing, First Issue of this massive, definitive biography.

Very Good-/noDJs. Light shelfwear, light fore-edge foxing, 1912 Christmas gift inscription, owner's bookplate, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcovers.

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