AAS April 6, 1907 no place : to Catherine Gregory.

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AAS April 6, 1907 no place : to Catherine Gregory.

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Autograph aphorism signed originally penned on the inside cover of Twain's "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc." The page is stamped in light lavender ink on the verso, "Joan of Arc--Trade". Twain pens on the recto in dark ink, "To Catherine Gregory from her friend The Author. On the whole it is better to deserve honors & not have them, than have them & not deserve them. Truly yours, Mark Twain, April 6/07."

1 p. ; 12.86 x 18.10 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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