MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. XLVII. Menu card for a dinner given by 'Punch' for Mark Twain; 9 July 1907. Printed. Signed by Twain and others present. Purchased by Millar from Winifred A. Myers (Autographs) Ltd., Spring 1958, Cat. 1, item 263 (part). Paper; f... 9 Jul 1907
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...
Punch (magazine : active 1841-2002)
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Punch was founded in 1841 by wood engraver Ebenezer Landells and writer Henry Mayhew. The first issue was published on 17 July 1841. The magazine struggled at first; it had capital of just £25 and circulation was low. Its first editor, Mark Lemon, had the idea of issuing an annual Almanack and this proved to be Punch's salvation. The first Almanack sold 90,000 copies. Punch's long term future was secured when, in 1842, it was bought by printing firm Bradbury and Evan...