Mark Twain, (Samuel Clemens), Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old, first edition, The American Publishing Company, Hartford, Connecticut, 1875, hardbound with a blue cloth cover, black stamped details and gilding, together with Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1899. Sketches - Wear to cover, losses to top and bottom of spine, binding stable but with areas of weakness at covers, pages with light toning, minimal foxing, and scattered moisture stains. Mississippi - wear to corners of spine, stain on back cover, multi - page stain to interior, in otherwise good condition.