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Source: Swann Auction Galleries Inc., 104 East 25th Street, New York, N.Y., ([])

Cue: "The man of"

Source format: "Sales catalog"

Letter type: "inscription"

Notes:

Last modified:

Revision History: Paradise, Kate

Published on MTPO: 2007

Print Publication:

MTPDocEd
To Unidentified
October 1879 • Unknown place (Sales catalog: card, listed in Swann Galleries, 18 March 1971,
no. 844, lot 254, UCCL 09746)

The man of judgment doth not bet on threes when there is a
flush out against him.

Truly yours,
S. L. Clemens,
                                           Mark Twain.
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

Autograph card, listed in Swann Galleries catalog, 18 March 1971, no. 844, lot 254. The catalog reads, “Autograph sentiment on card about 3 x 5 inches. With both signatures, Clemens & Twain, dated. Matted with photograph of Twain. Oct. (18)79.”

Previous Publication:

C. F. Libbie catalog, 10 January 1912, lot 283, paraphrase; MicroPUL, reel 1.

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