Please Note: I am posting this on behalf of Tom Tenney. Please send responses directly to Dr. Tenney at the e-mail address listed at the end of this message. -- K.B. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here's Good News! _Mark Twain's Library: A Reconstruction_ _Mark Twain: A Reference Guide_ Twenty years out of print, Alan Gribben's authoritative _Mark Twain's Library: A Reconstruction_ (G.K. Hall, 1980) and Thomas Tenney's _Mark Twain: A Reference Guide_ (G.K. Hall. 1977) are widely used, much in demand, but not available at any price. We are now trying to see if it would be practical to reprint one or both of these essential works, under the imprint of the _Mark Twain Journal_. This is a daunting project to undertake on a shoestring, but well worth while if there is sufficient interest before the investment in a new printing. Plans call for re-setting of type and some correction of errors, with a low-acid paper and sturdy library bindings comparable to the original G.K. Hall editions. Reduction of white space in the _Reference Guide_ would permit slightly larger type and fewer pages, to improve readability and keep the price down. _Mark Twain's Library_ was priced at $75.00 in 1980, and _Mark Twain: A Reference Guide_ first was priced at $45.00 (later increased) in 1977. Staying well behind inflation, we are considering prices of $125.00 and $100.00, respectively. Plans call next for publishing substantial supplements if sales of these books break even on their costs. Alan Gribben has published a number of journal articles on Mark Twain's reading since _Mark Twain's Library_ appeared in 1980, and Thomas Tenney's supplements to his 1977 _Reference Guide_ (for some years in _American Literary Realism_ and later in the _Mark Twain Circular_ and _Mark Twain Journal_) are sufficient for a second volume larger than the first. These are major reference works, needed by libraries that failed to order them when they first appeared and libraries whose copies have since vanished (it's a wicked world). They are a pleasure for those who love Mark Twain to read, and essential for the serious scholar. We want very much to bring them back into print, and ask for your support. Please let me know if you would like consider ordering either or both books and perhaps their supplements, for yourself or for your library. This would not be a binding commitment, but it would be helpful to have your name, institution, and any words of encouragement. And if there's sufficient evidence this project can succeed, we'll go ahead. Please respond to me directly by e-mail, at: [log in to unmask] Thanks for your support. Thomas A. Tenney, Editor Mark Twain Journal Department of English The Citadel Charleston, SC 29409