To
John C. Kinney
December 1875? • Newport, R.I. (Sales catalog: Christie’s, 9 June 2004, no. 505,
lot 52, CU-MARK, UCCL 12878)
December 1875? • Newport, R.I. (Sales catalog: Christie’s, 9 June 2004, no. 505,
lot 52, CU-MARK, UCCL 12878)
My Dear Kinney:
Upon receiptⒶemendation of this note the American Publishing Co will furnish to you a cloth copy of Innocents, Roughing It & Sketches, charging the same to my account, & will send the books to you or to such address as you may name.
MerryⒶemendation Christmas!
References
- University of California, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, Berkeley
- 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
- SLC (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). The Writings of Mark Twain. Edition de Luxe. 25 vols. Limited to 1,000 copies. Hartford: American Publishing Company. Copies 488 and 513 are in CU-MARK. 1899–1907
Sales catalog, Christie’s, 9 June 2004, no. 505, lot 52. The letter is bound into volume 1 of set 38 of SLC 1899–1907. The volume is inscribed to an unidentified recipient “on the justification leaf”: “Truly Yours / Mark Twain / Oct 23/03.”
Newly published on MTPO, 2010.
Described as the “property of a gentleman,” the 25-volume set with the letter bound in was offered for sale by Christie’s in 2004.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.