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[CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne, "Mark Twain"]. LELAND, Charles Godfrey. Legends of Florence. London: David Nutt, 1896.
8o. Original green cloth, decorated in green on front cover and spine, top edge gilt, others uncut (front hinge cracked, rear hinge weak); quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: SAMUEL CLEMENS (inscription).
SAMUEL CLEMENS' COPY, INSCRIBED by him on the front free endpaper: "S.L. Clemens. Villa de Quarto Florence Xmas 1903. Given to me by Livy." Over the years Clemens and his family visited Florence on numerous occasions. He wrote about their two-week stay in 1878 in chapter 50 of A Tramp Abroad and more visits followed in 1892 and 1893. With the health of his wife Livy deteriorating, Clemens moved the family to a villa outside Florence in November 1903. This final stay was an unpleasant one for Clemens; Livy died in June 1904, their villa proved to be unsatisfactory, and their landlady was intolerable. [Laid-in:] Autograph letter signed to Clemens from his daughter Clara and an autograph note from his daughter Jean.
8o. Original green cloth, decorated in green on front cover and spine, top edge gilt, others uncut (front hinge cracked, rear hinge weak); quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: SAMUEL CLEMENS (inscription).
SAMUEL CLEMENS' COPY, INSCRIBED by him on the front free endpaper: "S.L. Clemens. Villa de Quarto Florence Xmas 1903. Given to me by Livy." Over the years Clemens and his family visited Florence on numerous occasions. He wrote about their two-week stay in 1878 in chapter 50 of A Tramp Abroad and more visits followed in 1892 and 1893. With the health of his wife Livy deteriorating, Clemens moved the family to a villa outside Florence in November 1903. This final stay was an unpleasant one for Clemens; Livy died in June 1904, their villa proved to be unsatisfactory, and their landlady was intolerable. [Laid-in:] Autograph letter signed to Clemens from his daughter Clara and an autograph note from his daughter Jean.
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