I plead guilty to reversing, and cropping, an image of Twain for the title page of my Twain's Geography site. the photo of him in a Vancouver hotel bed, with reporters standing around. I think I may have had the Creation of Adam painting in mind. On Thu, 2020-04-23 at 11:49 +0000, Mac Donnell Rare Books wrote: > Pure ignorance. Book designers often flip negatives deliberately for > "visual" appeal, the historical record be damned, but in this case > the > cover lettering would have fit better if they'd correctly reproduced > it, > so it looks to me like a mistake. > > This happens all the time when coat buttons or other visual clues > (like > a building in the background) are not visible, but in this image it > could not be more obvious. > > This would all have been made so much simpler (please don't make me > explain why) if Twain had become a pirate instead of an author. > > Kevin > @ > Mac Donnell Rare Books > 9307 Glenlake Drive > Austin TX 78730 > 512-345-4139 > Member: ABAA, ILAB, BSA > > You can browse our books at: > www.macdonnellrarebooks.com > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "DENNIS KELLY" <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: 4/22/2020 10:50:51 PM > Subject: Re: Morgan Library Twain Collection Online > > > Anyone know why the cover portrait of Twain (Lyon photo) is printed > > as a reverse image? > > > > Dennis Kelly > > > > > > > > > On Apr 22, 2020, at 5:51 AM, Mac Donnell Rare Books < > > > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > The print catalog of that exhibit was published in 2010 and is > > > widely available in the used book market. I see a bunged up copy > > > listed on Biblio for $1.50, several on eBay for $5, and others > > > for slightly more at ABE and other online venues. > > > > > > Kevin > > > @ > > > Mac Donnell Rare Books > > > 9307 Glenlake Drive > > > Austin TX 78730 > > > 512-345-4139 > > > Member: ABAA, ILAB, BSA > > > > > > You can browse our books at: > > > http://www.macdonnellrarebooks.com > > > > > > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > > From: "Joseph Csicsila" <[log in to unmask]> > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > Sent: 4/22/2020 7:15:49 AM > > > Subject: Morgan Library Twain Collection Online > > > > > > > Someone just share this with me. Passing it along in case > > > > others had not > > > > heard. > > > > > > > > https://www.themorgan.org/collection/Mark-Twain-A-Skeptics-Progress > > > > > > > > Stay safe! > > > > Joe > > > >