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1883 1st ed Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi

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Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi, 1st ed.: Clemens, Samuel L. (Mark Twain.) LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. 8vo. 624 pp., heavily illustrated throughout. Original publisher's 1/2 morocco over cloth, spine sl

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1883 1st ed Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi

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1883 1st ed Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi St. Louis Missouri Steamboat

â€œNow and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.”

â€“ Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi

â€œLife on the Mississippi” is a memoir by Mark Twain, of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. It is also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans many years after the war.

A rare printing of Mark Twains classic â€œLife on the Mississippi”. Featuring more than 300 illustrations throughout, this is truly a remarkable find for any Twain collector. See below for edition points.

Item number: #16137

Price: $750

TWAIN, Mark

Life on the Mississippi

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. 1883. First Edition

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

624

316 illustrations

First printing points:

p. 441: Flames tailpiece not included (illustration of Twains head in flames)

p. 443: The caption reads The St. Louis Hotel (instead of St. Charles) no priority given to St Charles or St Louis.

References: BAL 3411; Howes C 480

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight and secure

Size: ~9in X 6.25in (23cm x 16cm)

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1883 1st ed Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi

Name: 1883 1st ed Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi
SKU: 117085811
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