Many thanks, Kevin! On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Kevin Mac Donnell < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > The printing history of 1601 is spotty and no authoritative bibliography > exists. Checklists have been compiled by Irving Haas (1936, appended to the > Black Cat Press edition of 1601) and Franklin Meine (1939, appended to the > Mark Twain Society Printing which was reprinted by Lyle Stuart ca 1961). > But Haas and Meine don't get the early lifetime editions properly sorted > out, miss quite a few editions, and of course don't cover anything after > the > 1930s. Here follows a brief break-down of early and significant editions-- > > 1880 4 proof copies printed of which only one survives intact, but I own a > fragment of the 1880 edition with Twain's note on it sending it to Charles > Erskine Scott Wood to use in printing the 1882 West Point edition. Several > later editions have masqueraded as 1880 printings from time to time in the > rare book trade or by confused librarians, but Yale's copy (in the Willard > Morse collection) is the only authentic complete copy I know about. It was > sold to Morse by A B Paine in the 1920s or 30s. Lucky bastard. There is a > copy of uncertain status at Princeton on a different paper, and I've > examined one copy that was clearly a later facsimile with the intent to > deceive. > > 1882 50 copies printed; 20 on wove and 30 on laid paper tea-stained to look > old. I have both, and I also have a curious copy on Strathmore paper that > appears to be a facsimile prepared in the 1920s with the intent to pass it > off as an 1882 original. One of mine belonged to C E S Wood, the printer, > with his long note about it, and the other was given to Henry Cabot Lodge > by Thomas Bailey Aldrich who undoubtedly got it from Samuel Langhorne > Clemens. > > 1894 65 copies with the imprint "Bangkok: Printed for the King" which is > suggestive of Twain's nickname in the family, although I don't think it was > being used quite that early. 45 copies were on calendered paper, and 20 on > Whatman paper. I have both. This may be the printing Twain was thinking of > when he mentioned an edition being printed in Japan. I have not located any > Japanese printings during Twain's lifetime. > > 1901 120 copies. This was the first trade edition (ie, published for sale > by > the printer), and was printed on several papers. There was a facsimile of > this edition done in 1916 and again in 1930 on still other papers. The 1916 > edition has appeared in the market being offered as the original 1901 > edition. It was printed in large paper format, and when treimmed down > copies > look a lot like the 1901 original, so beware. The 1930 edition can also > pass > as an original. You have to know which papers to watch for. I have several > 1901 copies, plus a proof, and both facsimiles. This may be the "rare black > letter" edition Paine refers to. > > 1903 "Swiverdale" edition (some connection to Riverdale?) 100 copies; 50 on > Japan vellum and 50 on laid paper. I have both. > > 1904 two editions of 55 copies each. Two formats, but both bound in maroon > cloth. I have both. > > That's it for lifetime editions. > > 1911 curious edition supposedly one of 150 copies, possibly prepared by > Horace Traubel (one of Walt Whitman's literary executors, who inscribed the > copy I have). I have not located a second copy. > > 1913 75 copies by Guido Bruno (Curtis Kirch) some on Japan vellum and some > on Van Gelder paper, but how many in each format is unkmown. I have both. > > 1917 The Flatulence Society produced the first illustrated edition, 150 > copies, with original etchings, in a fancy format in various fancy > bindings. > I have several. Some of the earlier editions had ribald phallic initial > letters by George Bentham, a Chicago fellow, but this is the first to have > illustrations in the usual sense. Ribald phallic? Are there phallic initial > letters that are not ribald? > > From 1919 on there were at least 200 more editions (I have over 200 > editions > myself), most of them pretty uninteresting, many undated or with misleading > imprints, mostly printed by hobby printers and private presses. Tryinge ye > to sorteth out ye sundry editions shall forsooth giveth ye gasse. > > Kevin > @ > Mac Donnell Rare Books > 9307 Glenlake Drive > Austin TX 78730 > 512-345-4139 > Member: ABAA, ILAB > ************************* > You may browse our books at > www.macdonnellrarebooks.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan Kitty" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 2:39 PM > Subject: Re: Mark Twain and the Tudors > > > > Only 100 copies of 1601 were printed I understand -- as a gift for = > > friends.=20 > > > > On Apr 6, 2013, at 1:02 PM, Hal Bush wrote: > > > >> Mark Twain and John Bull, by Howard Baetzhold. > >>=20 > >> also: you probably already have run across this, but if not: check = > > out > >> MT's burlesque called 1601. Among other highlights is its repeated = > > denials > >> of passing gas. That's Uncle Mark! > >>=20 > >> -hb > >>=20 > >> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 10:36 AM, William Robison > >> <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >>=20 > >>> I am seeking the advice of list members about a new project related = > > to Mark > >>> Twain and the Tudors. > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>> I am a Professor of History and Head of the Department of History and > >>> Political Science at Southeastern Louisiana University. My principal = > > area > >>> of expertise is Tudor England, and my most recent publication, = > > co-authored > >>> with Sue Parrill, is a book titled *The Tudors on Film and = > > Television* > >>> (McFarland > >>> 2013), about which you can learn more at www.tudorsonfilm.com. > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>> I have been interested for a long time in Mark Twain=3DE2=3D80=3D99s = > > fascination > >>> =3D > >>> with the > >>> Tudors and the manner in which he depicts them, most obviously in = > > *The > >>> Prince and the Pauper*, *1601*, Tom Sawyer=3DE2=3D80=3D99s hilarious = > > butchering > >>> o=3D > >>> f > >>> history in *Huckleberry Finn*, and his observations about = > > Shakespeare, but > >>> also in comments sprinkled through other writings. Although a good = > > bit has > >>> been written about *The Prince and the Pauper*, there seems to be no > >>> broader survey of Twain and the Tudors. > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>> Having written about the Tudors in popular culture and read = > > extensively in > >>> Twain=3DE2=3D80=3D99s corpus, I am in the early stages of writing = > > such a study. > >>> I=3D > >>> have > >>> contacted the Huntington Library, the Mark Twain Papers and Project = > > at the > >>> University of California at Berkeley, and several online Twain sites, = > > and I > >>> have begun compiling a bibliography. > >>>=20 > >>> However, I will be most grateful for any suggestions that list = > > members may > >>> have. Thanks! > >>>=20 > >>> Bill > >>> --=3D20 > >>> William B. Robison, PhD > >>> Department Head / Professor of History > >>> Department of History and Political Science > >>> Southeastern Louisiana University > >>> SLU 10895 > >>> Hammond LA 70402 > >>> 985-549-2109 phone > >>> 985-549-2012 fax > >>> [log in to unmask] > >>> http://www.selu.edu/acad_research/depts/hist_ps/index.html > >>>=20 > >>> Check out *The Tudors on Film and Television*, by Sue Parrill and = > > William > >>> B. Robison (McFarland 2013) and the interactive website, > >>> http://www.tudorsonfilm.com/. > >>>=20 > >>> History teaches students to read intelligently, think analytically, = > > write > >>> clearly, accurately assess past trends, rationally predict future > >>> developments, and understand the real world. Now *that** *is > >>> workforce-ready! > >>>=20 > >>> "A young horse is fast, but an old horse knows what's going on." = > > =3DE2=3D80=3D93 > >>> =3D > >>> Muddy > >>> Waters > >>>=20 > >>> Free =3DD0=3D9F=3DD1=3D83=3DD1=3D81=3DD1=3D81=3DD0=3DB8 = > > =3DD0=3DA0=3DD0=3DB0=3DD0=3DB9=3DD0=3DBE=3DD1=3D82! > >>>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> --=20 > >> Prof. Harold K. Bush > >> Professor of English > >> 3800 Lindell > >> Saint Louis University > >> St. Louis, MO 63108 > >> 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) > >> <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml> > > > > Alan Kitty > > 609-219-9339 > > [log in to unmask] > > www.marktwainslaststand.com > > > > > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2013.0.3272 / Virus Database: 3162/6228 - Release Date: 04/06/13 > > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.3272 / Virus Database: 3162/6228 - Release Date: 04/06/13 > -- William B. Robison, PhD Department Head / Professor of History Department of History and Political Science Southeastern Louisiana University SLU 10895 Hammond LA 70402 985-549-2109 phone 985-549-2012 fax [log in to unmask] http://www.selu.edu/acad_research/depts/hist_ps/index.html Check out *The Tudors on Film and Television*, by Sue Parrill and William B. Robison (McFarland 2013) and the interactive website, http://www.tudorsonfilm.com/. History teaches students to read intelligently, think analytically, write clearly, accurately assess past trends, rationally predict future developments, and understand the real world. Now *that** *is workforce-ready! "A young horse is fast, but an old horse knows what's going on." – Muddy Waters Free Пусси Райот!