CLEMENS, SAMUEL ("Mark Twain"). The Writings. London: Chatto & Windus, 1899-1903. Illustrated. 25 volumes, full blue morocco gilt, worn at edges; a few hinges cracked. LIMITED EDITION, "AUTHOR'S EDITION DE LUXE", number 227 of 620 sets signed by Clemens (and additionally as "Mark Twain") WITH TWO PAGES OF MANUSCRIPT FROM THE GILDED AGE AND AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED bound in first volume.

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CLEMENS, SAMUEL ("Mark Twain"). The Writings. London: Chatto & Windus, 1899-1903. Illustrated. 25 volumes, full blue morocco gilt, worn at edges; a few hinges cracked. LIMITED EDITION, "AUTHOR'S EDITION DE LUXE", number 227 of 620 sets signed by Clemens (and additionally as "Mark Twain") WITH TWO PAGES OF MANUSCRIPT FROM THE GILDED AGE AND AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED bound in first volume.

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The manuscript pages are both 8vo, written on rectos only on ruled paper, one in black, the other purple ink (both with corrections). The Autograph Letter Signed is to "Friend Bliss" and discusses the sending of a manuscript. Elmira, 11 July [docketed 1871]. One page, 8vo, written in purple ink. It reads: "Friend Bliss: Shipped Mss. (up to & including Chapter 55,) this evening. Let me know if you receive it. Yours Mark. It goes by Express."

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