Gene Hackman: Two Copies of Life on the Mississippi CLEMENS, SAMUEL (MARK TWAIN). Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. 4to (220 x 140 mm). [xi], 7-624 pp. With more than 300 illustrations. Original illustrated brown cloth stamped in black and gilt. Corners bumped and rubbed, color loss to lower left cover. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, SECOND STATE ISSUE, without tailpiece on p 441 and caption 'The St. Charles Hotel' on p 443 (BAL 3411). At the request of Mrs. Clemens, who thought the illustration of Mark Twain's head in flames in an urn (tailpiece on p 441) was morbid, the image was removed from further printings. TOGETHER WITH: London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. Original red cloth, black and gilt stamped cover and spine. Covers rubbed and corners bumped, spine sunned, front hinge cracked. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. Footnotes: Provenance The Estate of Gene Hackman Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing