Catalogue of the library and manuscripts of Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain)
Subtitle: to be sold February 7 and 8, 1911, Tuesday afternoon, lots 1-256, Wednesday afternoon, [lots] 257-500
Publisher: Anderson Auction Company
Published: 1911
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 73
Subjects: Catalogs; Library
Notes: 556 lots.

"No. 892."

"A presentation copy of Josh Billings' Works given to Mark Twain in 1876; Judge Longstreet's "Georgia scenes"; Fifteenth century humor of L'Avocat Patelin; Mather's Marginalia, with humerous annotations; Dean Sage's Ristigouche and Salmon fishing; Pugin and Rowlandson's London; the Percy Anecdotes; Audubon's Birds of America; Robinson Crusoe, 1747; Samuel Clarke's "Mirrour," 1671; Campbell's Lives of the lord chancellors, with numerous annotations by S.L Clemens; Swinburne's "Duke of Gandia"; the works of Parkman, Motley and Carlyle; Mark Twain's own copy of "The choice humerous works of Mark Twain, London, 1874"; and fifteen manuscripts, including The man that corrupted Hadleyburg; extracts from Adam's diary; The thirty thousand dollar bequest; and My debut as a literary person."

McKay, 6939

Place of sale: New York.

Date of sale: February 7 and 8, 1911.