I know we're not supposed to use the Forum for commercial purposes, but I just noticed an offer on Amazon.com that is too good to pass up: the first volume of Alan Gribben's monumental _Mark Twain's Literary Resources: A Reconstruction of His Library and Reading_ (2019) is now on ale for only $13.40 (marked down from $45): Mark Twain's Literary Resources: A Reconstruction of His Library and Reading (Volume One)
To be clear, this first volume contains only essays. Gribben's second volume contains his amazing commentaries on the thousands of books that Mark Twain owned and read. It is a reference work that no serious scholar of Mark Twain should be without! Happily, Amazon.com is presently discounting that book, too; it's marked down from $150 to $66.16.
https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Twains-Literary-Resources-Collection/dp/1588383954/ref=sr_1_4?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.TosjpWBe0aTCtWRWRDv4KRPLVWnmwGLrPFAFr9Fn2ha4nL94jpGJO8tbxjEmBIEfPo2yG-f_-SLvm55EvEdjeTMdf8kZqizndKO1BEg-CDA6ZWH2zBeboJ8V-tvXHhWpH5AKJMG_ejfc3OIPvMog7QrtCtCHuOny2R9JgcuZ3GRJz-jBI4p73n-h8lfZqYh09ERaAtp0wfVVOWBHpk9ly9iV5CAwx2yzl4nfO2Ls7dg.0JEfn2GGNbMoZtUYb7V5XrSADEoru_AEIoS1W9-fXmw&dib_tag=se&qid=1715816548&refinements=p_27%3AAlan+Gribben&s=books&sr=1-4&text=Alan+Gribben
In the interest of full disclosure, I can attest (sound like a lawyer, don't I?) that although my own name is on Gribben's first volume, I have no financial interest in either book. I am posting this note as a public service and recommend that anyone interested in Gribben's books act quickly. The books' Amazon listings say Amazon has only a few copies in stock. I have no idea if the sale prices will apply after those copies are sold.