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THBMark Twain, AKA Samuel Clemens, CDV and Promotional Broadside
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LiveSep 8, 2017 - Sep 9, 2017
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- Lot Description
Lot of 2, including albumen CDV of a younger Mark Twain, with New York photographer, Jeremiah Gurney's imprint on mount verso, ca 1870s.
Accompanied by printed broadside, 4.5 x 10 in. Smiles and Tears. Programme of Readings to be given by James Whitcomb Riley, The Distinguished Poet, and Bill Nye, the famous humorist, Under the auspices of the Boston Press Club, in Tremont Temple, Thursday Evening, February 28. Mr. S.L. Clemens ("Mark Twain,") Will Preside. Boston, MA: F.A. Searle, 1889.
Scarce broadside advertising a program featuring a trio of celebrated American humorists: Mark Twain, Bill Nye, and James Whitcomb Riley. The broadside outlines the evening's activities, which consisted of ten readings given by Nye and Riley, starting with an introduction delivered by Mark Twain. His opening remarks, which were later reprinted in the book Mark Twain Speaks, consisted of an extended joke comparing Nye and Riley to the famed Siamese twins, Chang and Eng. OCLC locates one copy, at Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Condition
CDV, very fine tonality, trimmed along top and bottom edges, with clipped corners.
Broadside, fully separated along top horizontal fold but can easily be repaired. Previously separated at central horizontal fold, but repaired with document tape.
Item is in good condition for age. Insect damage over time. Not original hardware.
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