CLEMENS, SAMUEL L. (“Mark Twain”). Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance. New York: Sheldon & Company, 1871. First edition, first state, without the advertisement for Ball, Black & Co. on the copyright page. 8vo, original gilt-lettered plum cloth, fine; quarter morocco slipcase. BAL 3326. -- A Curious Dream. London: Routledge, [1872]. Early reprint, but with Bradbury Evans imprint on title verso and p. 150 (as in earliest copies). 8vo. "Yellowback" in pictorial boards (worn); cloth slipcase. Provenance: Merle Johnson (signed not in pencil on copyright page: “Spectator gives date of this book as in week ending May 25, 1872. All of articles presumably 1st English appearances”). BAL 3340. -- Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. Hartford: American Publishing Co. 1875. First edition, first issue. 8vo. Illustrations in text. Original cloth; cloth slipcase. BAL 3364. – Punch, Brothers, Punch! And Other Sketches. New York: Slote, Woodman & Co., [1878]. First edition, with the author's name in roman on the title, p.91, line 4 reading "health offi ... could...," and p. 101 with 13 lines of text. A fine, bright copy. 16mo. Original green cloth, stamped in black and gilt (BAL’s first cloth binding); cloth slipcase. BAL 3378. -- Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. New York: Harper & Bros., 1896. First edition, first state, with The Abbey Shakespeare listed in advertisements on p. [463]. 8vo, original red cloth; cloth chemise and slipcase. BAL 3446. – To the Person Sitting in Darkness. [New York: Anti-Imperialist League, 1901]. First Edition. 8vo. Self-wrappers, stapled; cloth slipcase. BAL 3470.