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1883 1ed Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi CLASSIC

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1883 1ed Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi CLASSIC Missouri Steamboat Adventure

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

– Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi

“Life 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 first edition, of Mark Twain’s classic “Life on the Mississippi”. Featuring more than 300 illustrations throughout, this is truly a remarkable find for any Twain collector. See below for edition points.

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TWAIN, Mark

Life on the Mississippi

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. 1883. First Edition, early issue.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

[1], 624

316 illustrations throughout

Notes on edition:

p. 441: Flames tail-piece not present (illustration of Twains head in flames)

p. 443 The caption reads St. Charles Hotel (later state) – corrected from ‘St. Louis’.

References: BAL 3411; Howes C 480

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure

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

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