Autograph Letter Signed as Samuel L. Clemens, to Andrew Chatto, requesting some of his printed works be sent to him

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Autograph Letter Signed as Samuel L. Clemens, to Andrew Chatto, requesting some of his printed works be sent to him

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Sale 453: Rare Books & Manuscripts with Science & Medicine (#453) 05/05/2011 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 05/05/2011 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #219Autograph Letter Signed as Samuel L. Clemens, to Andrew Chatto, requesting some of his printed works be sent to him

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Sale 453: Rare Books & Manuscripts with Science & Medicine (#453) 05/05/2011 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Title:

Autograph Letter Signed as Samuel L. Clemens, to Andrew Chatto, requesting some of his printed works be sent to him

Author:

Twain, Mark

Place Published:

Schloss-Hotel, Heidelberg, [Germany]

Date Published:

June 3, [1878]

Description:

11 lines, in ink, on plain sheet of paper 21.5x14 cm. (8½x5½").

Mark Twain is sojourning in Heidelberg for several months, amusing himself and earning some money from lecturing - his experiences there were recounted in A Tramp Abroad, published in 1880. Desirous of some copies of his own books, perhaps to use in preparing his lectures, he writes to his English publisher: "My Dear Mr. Chatto: Won't you please send me a paper-covered copy of 'Innocents Abroad' & 'Roughing It' - & oblige Yours Faithfully, Samuel L. Clemens. Love to Conway."

Condition:

A few edge chips, very good.

Item#:

216569

Headline:

Letter from Mark Twain to his English publisher
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