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Source: American Art Association--Anderson Galleries catalog, ([])

Cue: "with sentiments of"

Source format: "Sales catalog"

Letter type: "inscription"

Notes:

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Revision History: Paradise, Kate

Published on MTPO: 2012

Print Publication:

MTPDocEd
To A. V. S. Anthony
4 January 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS facsimile, inscription in The Prince and the Pauper: American Art Association/Anderson Galleries catalog, 29 and 30 January 1936, lot 89, UCCL 09318)

To

A. V. S. Anthony

With sentiments of esteem,

appreciation, & tenderness,

from

The Author.

Hartford, Jan. 4, 1882.

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS facsimile, inscription in SLC 1881, American Art Association/Anderson Galleries catalog, 29 and 30 January 1936, lot 89. This copy was one of the few that were printed on “India paper.”

Previous Publication:

MicroPUL, reel 2.

Provenance:

Offered for sale in January 1936 among a group of Clemens items “mainly the Collection of” Irving S. Underhill.

More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.

References

  1. Machlis, Paul, ed. Union Catalog of Clemens Letters. Edited by Paul Machlis. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. [In some cases, UCCL catalog numbers cited in this volume supersede those assigned in 1986 and reflect corrections or additions to the catalog since publication. An updated version of the catalog can be consulted via the Letters Search page at MTPO.] 1986
  2. SLC (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages. Boston: James R. Osgood and Co. 1881
  3. Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters. Prepared by Anh Quynh Bui, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Robert H. Hirst, Lin Salamo, and Harriet Elinor Smith. 8 vols. Berkeley: The Bancroft Library. 2001
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