August 2020 Catalogue

A u g u s t 2 0 2 0 59 The Love Letters Of Mark Twain , With His Double Signature 57. TWAIN, Mark. The Love Letters of Mark Twain. New York, 1949. Tall octavo, original black cloth, dust jacket, slipcase, $14,800. Click for more info Signed limited first edition of Twain’s love letters to his wife, one of only 155 copies printed, with tipped-in limitation page containing Twain’s double signature: “S.L. Clemens, Mark Twain,” in original numbered slipcase. Although the book was not published until many years after Twain’s death, a printed notice on the limitation page reads, “These signatures of Mark Twain have been in the possession of Harper & Brothers for 50 years. There are no more.” A beautiful copy in fine condition.