[ Books ] Liber Scriptorum. The First Book of the Author's Club. Title printed in red and black, ornamental initials, and head- and tailpieces. Folio, original brown morocco over beveled boards, stamped in gilt and black on cov-ers and spine; floral

[ Books ] Liber Scriptorum. The First Book of the Author's Club. Title printed in red and black, ornamental initials, and head- and tailpieces. Folio, original brown morocco over beveled boards, stamped in gilt and black on cov-ers and spine; floral endpapers, topedge gilt, by the DeVinne Press Bindery, joints and extremities rubbed with some loss. New York: The DeVinne Press for the Author's Club, 1893 E2,000/3,000 FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 251 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY EACH OF THE 109 CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDING TWAIN, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, ANDREW CARNEGIE, William Dean Howells, Frank R. Stockton, and many others. Twain's piece is titled "The Californian's Tale." BAL 3438; Johnson/Twain page 27.