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Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1883.. First edition. Octavo. 624 pages.. ...
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First Edition of Twain's Life on the Mississippi
Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1883.First edition. Octavo. 624 pages.
Publisher's half brown morocco over cloth boards. Raised bands. Gilt lettering to spine. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece. Over 300 illustrations. Rear hinge cracked. Some rubbing to the extremities of the binding. A tight, clean copy in very good condition.
First edition, first state, intermediate B (A?). Points: Page 441, no tail-piece. Page 443, caption reads "The St. Louis Hotel."
BAL 3411.
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2011 April New York Signature Rare Books Auction #6053 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
April, 2011
7th-9th
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