AQS on an off-white 5 x 7 sheet, signed and inscribed at the bottom in black ink, “Truly yours, Mark Twain, Jan/06, To Charles D. Reid.” Twain pens a maxim from ‘Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar,’ used in his travelogue entitled Following the Equator. In full: “Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economise it.” In fine condition. Pudd'nhead Wilson was first serialized in The Century Magazine before being published as a novel in 1894. As a promotional giveaway, the magazine produced a small pocket calendar featuring one of Pudd'nhead’s ironic aphorisms for each month of the year. The popularity of these clever sayings led Twain to incorporate more of these mottos as chapter epigraphs in Following the Equator, which he published in 1897. A highly desirable example of one of Twain’s famously witty quotes, and one that he seldom wrote out. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA.
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