$79,300
Autograph manuscript, 38 pages (8 x 5 inches), comprising Chapter XLII of written in black ink on rectos, with numerous revisions, s. l., n.d. (1880), bound with engraved portrait of Clemens, printed title page stating: "Mark Twain / Switzerland / Chapter XLII. / A Tramp Abroad / Original Autograph Manuscript," and the pages from the printed edition bound at the rear. Bound in blue morocco with title stamped in gilt to front cover. An original manuscript chapter from The chapter begins with Clemens' description of Switzerland as "a large, humpy, solid rock, with a thin skin of grass stretched over it," and continues with his anecdotal assessment of the people of that country, their manners and customs. The chapter was originally numbered 53. Numerous cross-out passages. 8vo, blue morocco with title stamped in gilt to front cover, marbled endpapers, some rubbing to boards and minimal foxing, ex-libris Jerome Kern to front pastedown.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2010-11-18
