From the inscription in this copy of "Little Lord Fauntleroy," the book appears to have been a Christmas gift from Twain to his daughter Clara Clemens in 1886. The inscription is signed "From Papa." ...

Samuel Clemens, who was known as Mark ... Mo, Twain wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which Ernest Hemmingway characterized as "the best book we've had." ...

They carried a luxuriant prospectus of the book's content, with lavish illustrations and various selections of ... He had moderate success selling a self-pasting scrapbook dubbed, naturally, "Mark ...

“I have no liking for novels or stories,” Mark Twain ... In truth, Twain was a voracious reader, and Gribben has spent almost 50 years compiling a list of the 3,000 books in Twain’s library ...