Mark Twain: A Biography, The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1912 First Edition In Deluxe Half Leather Binding) Paine, Albert Bigelow >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir,>>Fine Bindings

A three-volume first edition (so indicated by Published September 1912 statement and 'K-M' code on each copyright page). An illustrated biography of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) by his friend and fellow author Albert Bigelow Paine. The book is liberally illustrated on plates bearing black & white photos of people, ephemera and scenes described in the book; and with tissue-guarded frontis image of Twain at various times in his life to each volume. --- Likely rebound in a very handsome half leather binding by an unspecified binder. In dark red leather, with titling and decorations in gilt to spines, with five raised spine bands. With red/pink/blue-green marbled paper-covered boards and matching endpapers; TEG (top edges gilt). --- An exceptionally well-preserved set: unmarked and tightly-bound, though with minor scuffing to leather at extremities.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; xviii, 562, 563-1110, 1111-1719 pages