To
Ivan Turgenev
13? May 1879 • Paris, France (MS, inscription in The Innocents Abroad, not sent: CU-MARK, UCCL 12890)
13? May 1879 • Paris, France (MS, inscription in The Innocents Abroad, not sent: CU-MARK, UCCL 12890)
To Mr Ivan Tourguèneff with the affectionate regards of
The Author.
Paris, May, 1879.
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
MS, inscription in a copy of volume 2 of SLC 1879, CU-MARK.
Clemens never gave the autographed volume to Turgenev. He added the following note of explanation to the title page in May 1908: “Tourgeneff asked me to autograph this book for him. Apparently I forgot to return it to him. S L. C”
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.