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Twain, Mark: MARK TWAIN Versus THE STREET RAILWAY CO. MARK TWAIN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL FOR THE BOOK MARK TWAIN versus THE STREET RAILWAY CO.

The original material used by John S. Mayfield in publishing his book, Mark Twain Versus The Street Railway Company (np. 1926) The letters and documents comprising the manuscript are all tipped into a first edition copy of Mark Twain's Autobiography (New York, 1924; Harper ad Brothers). Two volumes large octavo, dust jackets and original box. The material consists of the following items: 1. Autograph letter signed by Mark Twain, 2 pages on black bordered stationary, dated May 5, 1906, to Owen Root, Jr. General Manager of the railway company. Twain eloquently states that his daughters are "frequently robbed by conductors on the surface lines" and that this time his eldest daughter took note of "the thief's" number and the time and place of the incident. 2. Autograph letter signed "S.L. Clemens," 2 pages on black bordered stationary dated May 13, 1906, to Owen Root, Jr. General Manager of the railway company. Twain replies to the Owen Root letter of May 9, 1906 (in full): "Dear Sir: I thank you very much for the trouble you have taken in investigating the complain I entered, and acknowledge with thanks the receipt of stamps amounting to 20 cents. The conductor against whom that charge can be made only once in two years must be a valuable man, and I should be the last one to wish to get him into trouble. Yours Very Truly/S.L. Clemens" ("To Owen Root, Jr., Esq.") 3. Autograph letter signed "Clemens" to James Redpath, 1 page, dated June 14, 1871. Twain writes that he is "hard at work" on a book similar to the Innocents (The Innocents Abroad). 4. Autograph letter signed "Mark" to James Redpath, 1 page dated May 15, 1873. Twain writes to his friend that he is sailing in the Batavia (for London) on Saturday and gives his London address. 5. Autograph signatures of Twain "S.L. Clemens/Mark Twain" tipped into one of the preliminaries of volume one. 6. Black-bordered card tipped onto the title page of volume two: "Mr. S.L. Clemens, 21 Fifth Avenue." 7. Carbon copy of a type letter from Owen Root, Jr., V-P and General Manager of the railway company to Mark Twain, 2 pages dated May 9, 1906; Mr. Root apologizes to Mr. Twain and acknowledges that his conductor may have been mistaken. Mr. Root encloses 20 cents in stamps to reimburse Miss Clemens for change she should have received. 8. Autograph document signed (an affidavit) by John Burgess, the conductor involved in the incident; 3 pages dated May 1, 1906. The affidavit is accompanied by a TLS by the Division General Foreman, dated May 8, 1906, explaining his interview with the accused conductor; a map is attached to rear paste-down. 9. Autograph letter signed to Herbert S. Stone, from E.C. Stedman, 2 pages dated March 13, 1894. The letter concerns a Poe item in Stedman's possession, about which an article has appeared in the newspaper. Stedman tells Stone that he has found the other Poe like his-the only other one. It is The Tale of the Ragged Mountains, and W.E. Benjamin had it, but sold it to a customer for500. 10. Autograph letter signed to Chauncey M. Depew (of Cambridge) from E.C. Stedman, April 17, 1888. Stedman writes that his and Depew's remarks against demands for "brain-testing" he is giving his friend, the editor of The Youths Companion, a letter to Depew (from a 3rd party). Stedman adds, "for I suspect that you would rather write a paper for the youngsters than to do anything else out of railroading ad politics." 11. A printed letter signed by the author, George Washington Cable, to Edmund C. Stedman [n.p., n.d.], saying hat it had been agreed among some 150 friends of Twain to write to him asking for his autograph. These letters would be mailed so that all would reach Twain on April 1st and would constitute an April Fool's Joke; none of the letters would contain a self-addressed stamped envelope. This Aprils Fool's joke includes the envelope postmarked March 29, 1884. 12. A first edition of the book Mark Twain vs. The Street Railway Company, (n.p. 1926). BAL 3540 All the above is housed in a quarter-leather clamshell slipcase. CABLE, George Washington (1884-1925). Journalist, author (Old Creole Days) and friend of Mark Twain. DEPEW, Chauncey M. (1834-1928). Lawyer, railway president and republican senator from New York (1899-1911); Depew was an engaging speaker and very influential in his day. REDPATH, James (1833-1891). Journalist, editor and friend of mark Twain; he wrote abolitionist articles for Horace Greeley's New York Tribune in the 1850's. He encouraged such writers as Walt Whitman and Louisa M. Alcott. STEDMAN, Edmund Clarence (1833-1893). Poet, critic, banker and friend of Mark Twain; he was a war correspondent for The New York World, 1861-1863. Stedman exercised considerable influence on American letters through his critical works and anthologies.

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Twain, Mark (Pseudonym of Samuel Clemens) (Bound with: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Mark Twain's Sketches; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Mark Twain's Sketches; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: Mark Twain's Sketches; Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography: Mark Twain's Sketches; Mark Twain's Sketches: Mark Twain's Sketches; The Prince and the Pauper: Mark Twain's Sketches; Roughing It: Mark Twain's Sketches; Foreword by: Anne Ficklen; Illustrations by: Dan Beard; E. W. Kemble; True Williams.): The Great Masters Library: Mark Twain, Chatham River Press
ISBN: 0-517-61833-8

1986, 1st thus. (Hardcover) *.*.*.*.*Good, no dust jacket. *.*.*.*.* *.*.*.*.* *.*.*.*.* Very little spine or cover wear. There is the shadow of possibly a price sticker on the upper right corner of the front cover. *.*.*.*.* Pseudonym of Samuel Clemens. *.*.*.*.* Includes Curing A Cold--Mark Twain's Sketches, History Repeats Itself--Mark Twain's Sketches, The Late Benjamin Franklin--Mark Twain's Sketches, The Notorious Jumping Frog--Mark Twain's Sketches, The Petrified Man--Mark Twain's Sketches & A True Story--Mark Twain's Sketches. *.*.*.*.* Foreword by: Anne Ficklen. Illustrations by: Dan Beard, E. W. Kemble & True Williams. *.*.*.*.* Bound with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, & The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, & A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, & Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography, & Mark Twain's Sketches, & The Prince and the Pauper, & Roughing It.

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Twain, Mark: VARIOUS PAMPHLETS AND STORIES BY AND ABOUT MARK TWAIN, Various Various

[Twain, Mark] Lee, Francis Lightfoot. Memoirs prepared for the Centennial Celebration of the adoption of "The Resolutions Respecting Independency". In : The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. No. 3 of Vol. I. Philadelphia, 1877; Historical Society of Pennsylvania. First edition, 8vo, pp. 433-444. Stapled, unbound. Twain, Mark. To the Person Sitting in Darkness. In: The North American Review, No. DXXXI, Feb. 1901. First published edition, 8vo. Pp. 161-176, stapled, unbound. Twain, Mark. Does the Race of Man Love A Lord? In: The North American Review, No. DXLV, April, 1902. First published edition, 8vo, pp. 433-444. Stapled, unbound. [Twain, Mark] Phelps, William Lyon. Mark Twain. In: The North American Review, July 5, 1907. Octavo, pp. 540-548. First edition; stapled, unbound. Twain, Mark. Mental Telegraphy. A manuscript with A History. In: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Dec. 1891, pp. 95-104; 8vo, stapled, brown paper wraps. Twain, Mark. A Dog's Tale. Illustrated. In: Harper's Monthly Magazine, Dec. 1903, pp. 11-19; 8vo, stapled, brown paper wraps. First appearance in print. Twain, Mark. The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg. In: Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Dec. 1899; pp. 29-54; 8vo, stapled, brown paper wraps. First appearance in print. [Twain, Mark] Methfessel, H. Illustration from Collier's Weekly, April 1, 1899, folio, captioned "Your health, Mr. Kipling." Illustration shows Twain and other authors offering a toast to Rudyard Kipling (black & white). Twain, Mark. My Platonic Sweetheart. In: Harper's Monthly Magazine, Dec. 1912, pp. 14-20. Octavo, stapled, unbound. Twain, Mark. A Double-barreled Detective Story. In: Harper's Monthly Magazine, Part I, Jan. 1902. pp. 256-270; Part II, Feb. 1902, pp. 429-441. First appearance in print. [Twain, Mark]. Brooks, Noah. Mark Twain in California. In: The Century Magazine, Nov. 1898, pp. 97-104, octavo, stapled, unbound. First edition. [Twain, Mark] Ticknor, Caroline. "Mark Twain's" Missing Chapter. In: The Bookman, May, 1914, pp. 298-309, octavo, stapled, unbound. [Twain, Mark] Johnson, Clifton. Mark Twain's Country. Jan. 1905, octavo, stapled, unbound (cut from a periodical). Twain, Mark. Was it Heaven? Or Hell? In: Harper's Monthly Magazine, Dec. 1902, octavo, pp. 11-20, stapled, unbound. Twain, Mark. Unpublished Chapters From The Autobiography of Mark Twain. In: Harper's Monthly Magazine, August, 1922, pp. 310-315, stapled, unbound. [Twain, Mark]. Henderson, Archibald. The International Fame of Mark Twain. In: Te North American Review, Dec. 1910, pp. 805-815, octavo, stapled, unbound. [Twain, Mark] Some Characters from "Pudd'nead Wilson." Black and white folding illustration from Harper's Weekly, June, 1895, p. 590, 12" x 16". [Twain, Mark] Brooks, Van Wyck. Mark Twain's Humour. In: The Dial, March, 1920, pp. 275-291, octavo, stapled, unbound. Twain, Mark. The Private History of A Campaign Tat Failed. In: Harper's Monthly Magazine, Dec. 1885, pp. 193-204, octavo, stapled, unbound. Twain, Mark. English as She is Taught. 1887, pp. 932-936, stapled, unbound (cut from Century Magazine, April, 1887). First appearance in print. [Twain, Mark] Portraits of Mark Twain. In: McClure's, June, 1896, pp. 73-78, illustrated; stapled, unbound. Twain, Mark. QA Wonderful Pair of Slippers. In: Te Century Magazine, Feb. 1890, pp. 309-313, octavo, original printed wrappers. [Twain, Mark]. Two black and white illustrations of Twain on heavy paper, 10" x 13". [Twain, Mark] Van Doren, Carl. Mark Twain and Bernard Saw. In: The Century Magazine, March, 1925, pp. 705-710; stapled, unbound.

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Hill, Hamlin: Mark Twain: God's Fool, Harper & Row 1975
ISBN: 0060903910 VG-
Adventure fiction.$2gsafd--American Publishing Company (Hartford, Conn.)--American Publishing Company, Hartford. [from old catalog]--Americans--Europe--Fiction.--Authors and publishers--United States--History.--Authors, American--19th century--Biography.--Authors, American--19th century--Correspondence.--Bildungsromans.$2gsafd--Bliss, Elisha,--1822-1880.--Boys--Books and reading.--Boys--Fiction.--Children's stories, American--History and criticism.--Europe--Fiction.--Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character)--Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character)--Fiction.--Fugitive slaves--Fiction.--Humorous fiction.$2gsafd--Male friendship--Fiction.--Mississippi River--Fiction.--Missouri--Fiction.--Pessimism in literature.--Publishers and publishing--United States--Correspondence.--Race relations--Fiction.--Runaway children--Fiction.--Sawyer, Tom (Fictitious character)--Slavery--Fiction.--Twain, Mark,--1835-1910--Bibliography.--Twain, Mark,--1835-1910--Correspondence.--Twain, Mark,--1835-1910--Criticism and interpretation.--Twain, Mark,--1835-1910--Friends and associates.--Twain, Mark,--1835-1910--Prince and the pauper.--Twain, Mark,--1835-1910--Relations with publishers.--Twain, Mark,--1835-1910--Tom Sawyer abroad.--Twain, Mark,--1835-1910--Travel.--Twain, Mark,--1835-1910.--Twain, Mark,--1835-1910.--Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.--Twain, Mark,--1835-1910.--Adventures of Tom Sawyer.--Twain, Mark,--1835-1910.--Connecticut yankee in King Arthur's court.--Twain, Mark,--1835-1910.--Puddn'head Wilson.--Voyages and travels--Fiction.--Walking--Fiction.--West (U.S.)--Description and travel.--

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