Autograph manuscript leaf from The Gilded Age
$6,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller
Single leaf. 8vo. Single manuscript leaf, taken from a set, removed from binding, embossed stamp at top left some traces of mounting on verso. Item #346676 Written by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, The Gilded Age was hatched over the dinner table when the Clemens and Warner were challenged by their wives to write a work that would better those they were busy complaining about. Clemens wrote the first eleven chapters, based on members of
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