June 2013 Auction Ends Thursday, June 27th, 5pm Pacific
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/27/2013
Mark Twain autograph letter signed, undated. Lengthy letter is addressed to ''My dear Johnson'' (Robert Underwood Johnson), and discusses an upcoming book with a portion to appear in ''The Century'' magazine. Thoughtful letter is datelined Elmira, New York, ''Saturday'', in part: ''...I am sorry to have made delay by going away, but it was one of these unavoidable things. If the article were going in the Dec. No., I wouldn't be strenuous about anything, but it is going to come out early enough to give many careless readers the impression that all of it will appear in the Century. Those are hard people for a canvasser to capture. So you see I have offered a compromise. I use the book's title as a heading but ask you to put in that foot-note telling who publishes it. So in the case of ordinary book-notices, this has an effect which works both ways & is fair to all -- to the reader who wants the book, it tells where to apply; & also tells the other sort where not to apply. Are you perfectly willing? Also I have removed from the opening bracketed paragraph every suggestion of apology. Yours sincerely S.L. Clemens / I mail the proof by this same mail''. Letter on two sheets is framed side-by-side, with each sheet measuring 5'' x 8''. Framed with a photo of Twain to an overall size of 19'' x 26.5''. Letter shows light creasing, else near fine condition.
Mark Twain Autograph Letter Signed ''S.L. Clemens'' -- Good Content Regarding Publication of an Upcoming Book
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