Life on the Mississippi
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First Edition, FIrst State. First edition, first printing, and first state. With the tailpiece of Mark Twain's head in flames on page 441; And with "The St. Louis Hotel" caption on page 443 (BAL 3411). Book measures 9" x 5.75", with 624 numbered pages.
A very good minus copy in the publisher's original decorated cloth with black stamped decorations and gilt pictorial vignettes. Minor surface wear and staining to the boards. Cloth rubbed through at the corners and spine ends. Front hinge with an old tape repair. Previous ownership markings and erasures on the front endpaper.
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Inventory # (P4-8). Very Good. Item #7090
Price: $750.00