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The following books are ones that were once owned by Samuel Clemens and his family. All are in an advanced state of disrepair and require work to fix hinges and bindings to make them structurally safe for research and exhibition use.

Bible. New Testament.
(Beirut, Syria: American Mission Press, 1867) Translated into Arabic, this volume was given to passengers of the Quaker City. A fragment of a letter from Samuel L. Clemens to his nephew, Sammy Moffett, is pasted onto the front flyleaf.

Campbell, John. Lives of the Lord Chancellors of England and Keepers of the Great Seal of England. Vol. 1. New ed.
(Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1874-5) This volume is signed by Samuel Clemens on the title page and contains his annotations. The set was sold in the 1911 auction.

Carroll, Lewis. Through the Looking Glass.
(NY: Macmillan, 1875) Livy Clemens inscribed this book to Daisy Warner, the daughter of neighbor and friend, George Warner, and a friend to her girls.

Cleveland, Cecilia. Story of Summer or Journal Leaves from Chappaqua.
(NY: G.W. Carleton, 1874) The author of this girlhood reminiscence of Chappaqua was the niece of Horace Greeley. This volume contains Samuel Clemens' signature & marginalia. He reported reading and writing a review of this "unfortunate and sadly ridiculous book."

Coleridge, Samuel. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
(New York: 1875) This folio was inscribed by Samuel Clemens to Livy Clemens and was later sold in the 1911 auction of their books.

Gregory, Lady Augusta. Cuchulain of Muirthemme: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster.
(London: John Murray, 1902) Augusta Gregory, the author, inscribed this book to Mark Twain. It was later sold by his daughter Clara in the 1951 auction.

Guizot, Francois Pierre. A Popular History of France From the Earliest Times. Vol. 5 & 6.
(Boston: Estes & Lauriat, n.d.) These volumes are signed by Samuel Clemens on the front flyleaf and contain some marked passages. They were purchased as part of the Clemens Family Library Collection in 1997 and originally sold in the 1951 auction.

Lacroix, Paul. Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance.
(New York: D. Appleton, 1874) This book was purchased as part of the Clemens Family Library Collection in 1997 and originally sold in the 1951 auction.

Macaulay, T. Babington. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays. Volume 2. New and revised ed.
(New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1869) Part of a larger set, this volume was signed by Livy Langdon in 1869 and later by Samuel Clemens. It contains marginalia by Samuel Clemens. Purchased by the museum as part of the Clemens Family Library Collection in 1997, it was originally sold in the 1951 auction.

Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von. Sämmthliche Werke in Zwölt Bänden.
(Stuttgart: Verlag der J.G. Cotta, 1881) Samuel Clemens inscribed this book to his wife, Livy Clemens.

Sloane, William Milligan. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte.
(4 volumes. New York: Century Company, 1896) This set was purchased as part of the Clemens Family Library Collection in 1997.

Souvestre, Emile. Un Philosophe Sous Les Toits.
(Paris: Michel Levy, 1858) Samuel Clemens wrote English translations of the French in this book which was later sold at the 1911 auction.

In addition to the few copies listed below with special significance, there are numerous copies of Mark Twain first editions in need of conservation, including Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Twain, Mark. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
(NY: Charles L. Webster, 1889) Samuel Clemens inscribed this copy to Franklin Whitmore.

Twain, Mark. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
(NY: Charles L. Webster, 1889) This frontispiece was inscribed by Daniel Beard, the illustrator, with a comment on Samuel Clemens' opinion on the frontispiece illustration.

Twain, Mark. The Prince & the Pauper.
(Boston: James R. Osgood, 1882) Signed by Samuel Clemens.

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Sketches, Old & New.
(Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1875) Inscribed by Samuel Clemens to John T. Lewis.