"Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven", by Mark Twain, with frontispiece picture of Captain Stormfield aboard his comet "Space Ship" by Albert Levering; published by Harper & Brothers, New York. Later Printing of the First Edition with Harper code 'C-Z' [March 1925] on the copyright page. [1st printing was issued 1909. References: BAL 3511; Smith T-433].

Hard boards, original red cloth with white lettering and Captain Stormfield aboard his comet "Space Ship" on front board [some wear, two fade spots on the front board: see photo]; 5.1/2" x 8", Firmer owner name "M.K. Henderson" and attached gift card dated '1925' inside front cover; frontispiece; 121 pages, very good condition. See photos.

This classic satire of the 'Captain's Log' genre in which Stormfield dies and passes through the pearly gates "whizzing through space like a comet!" was the last book Twain published during his lifetime; he worked on the story for almost forty years. Two chapters from the middle of the novel were finally published in Harper's Monthly in December 1907 and January 1908 and collected in book form the following year. Combining science fiction with a satiric look at conventional views of the afterlife, Twain delivers his amusing and trenchant commentary on human vanity.

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