(TWAIN, MARK.) THE FIRST BOOK OF THE AUTHOR'S CLUB. Liber Scriptorum. Large 4to, original brown straight-grain morocco, decorated in

blind and gilt, gilt-lettered, some wear along joints and edges; top edge gilt, others uncut. New York: Published by the Author's Club, 1893 FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 251 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY EACH OF 109 AUTHOR'S WHO CONTRIBUTED STORIES. Included is Twain's "The Californian's Tale" (pages 154-61) which is SIGNED "MARK TWAIN." Among the other authors are Andrew Carnegie, Harold Frederic, Henry Harland, John Hay, William Dean Howells, Theodore Roosevelt, and Frank Stockton. BAL 3438; Johnson/Twain, page 127.