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



“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 rare first printing of Mark Twains 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.



Item number: #16135

Price: $



TWAIN, Mark



Life on the Mississippi



Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. 1883. First Edition, second state



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

624

316 illustrations

Edition points:

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

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

References: BAL 3411; Howes C 480

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; secure

Decorative brown cloth

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



(102.50

(highest @$1750 on abe w/o flames

(flames tailpiece was removed after 1st/1st on p.441 – this is second print run



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

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