23. Clemens, Samuel L. Autograph letter signed (“Saml. L. Clemens”), 1 page (5.5 x 8.5 in.; 140 x 216 mm.), “Schloss-Hotel”, Heidelberg, 3 June [1878], to his English publisher, Andrew Chatto of Chatto & Windus, requesting copies of two of his books. Light folds, contemporary ink mark affects three letters in the body of the letter, a few minor tears and losses at top and bottom margins expertly infilled.
 
While travelling in Germany, Mark Twain asks his London publisher for copies of two of his most celebrated travelogues: The Innocents Abroad and Roughing It.

Clemens writes in full:
Won’t you please send me a paper covered copy of “Innocents Abroad” & “Roughing It” & oblige Yours faithfully Saml. L. Clemens Love to Conway.
 
It’s more than apt that Clemens, while abroad, would order copies of his first two travelogues.
The Innocents Abroad, was one of Clemens’ earliest published works, which he composed originally as a series of letters during a tour of Europe and the Middle East in 1867. His second piece of travel literature was Roughing It, published in 1872 chronicling Clemens’ journey from Missouri to Nevada and on to Hawaii.
 
The
“Conway” Clemens references here is most likely Moncure Daniel Conway (1832-1907), a noted American Unitarian minister, abolitionist, and author who spent a good deal of time in England during and after the Civil War. Clemens and Conway were frequent correspondents. The publishing house of Chatto & Windus often held letters for Conway sent by Clemens. $4,000 - $6,000

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