>[log in to unmask] has written: >In the early fifties, a version of _1601_ leaked out. I >still have my copy of the slim paper edition, its trim >envelope now in shreds. It was sold only on the underground >-- no respectable bookseller would handle it. When the >unpublished works came into the public domain, publishers >already had them typeset. They had all been leaked out >behind Clara's back. I have a copy of 1601 hand typed by me about 1942 from a copy (printing of 100 copies) and proofed by me trying to get all the spelling correct. About 1965 I found a copy of 1601 in a Palo Alto, CA bookshoop with all the bad words deleted and left as blanks. Now I find a copy on the Internet. Problem is that all are a bit different. Not much. Maybe just typos. Where might I find a "all correct or O.K." copy? I have a lot of fun printing 1601 with various fonts as gifts to various friends. I have included a preface that tells of the works history. Most people think Twain never wrote the thing. David F. McClinton Sonora, CA