To the Papyrus Club
7 February 1880 • Hartford, Conn.
(Sales catalog: Chicago Book Auction, 19–27 April 1934, no. 41, lot 95, UCCL 12249)
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A. L. S. by Clemens, 2pp., 8vo, Feb. 7, 1880, written in purple ink, declining an invitation to dinner at the Papyrus [Club.]
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):Chicago Book Auction catalog, 19–27 April 1934, no. 41, lot 95. The catalog noted that the letter was tipped
into a copy of The Innocents Abroad, the first volume of SLC 1899–1903, and it offered the set for
sale: “The Writings of Mark Twain. . . . Twenty-two volumes.
Hartford, American Publishing Company, 1899–1903. 8vo, three-quarter autumn leaf levant morocco, marbled boards, gilt
tops.”
Previous publication:
MicroPUL, reel 1.
Provenance:Offered for sale in 1934 by Chicago Book Auction.
Emendations and textual notes:
Club. • Club; tipped in Volume I.
