[Clemens, Samuel L.]:

$400 · Offered by William Reese Company

MARK TWAIN ON SIMPLIFIED SPELLING [A SPEECH AT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HELD IN NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 19, 1906, REVISED EXPRESSLY FOR THE SIMPLIFIED SPELLING BOARD] [caption ... First edition, BAL's presumed second printing, with a slight measure of type-batter in the third line of text. Published as "Simplified Spelling Board Circular No.9." A fragile and uncommon production.

• Printing: later

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