1883 1ed Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain Steamboats New Orleans St Louis

“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.

Featuring the deluxe publisher’s binding and boasting of more than 300 illustrations throughout, this is truly a remarkable find for any Twain collector.

Item number: #2123

Price: $499

TWAIN, Mark

Life on the Mississippi By Mark Twain Author of “The Innocents abroad,” “Roughing It,” “The Prince and the Pauper,” ETC. With more than 300 Illustrations. [Sold By Subscription Only]

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. 1883. First Edition.

Details:
•Collation complete with all pages: [1], 624p
o316 illustrations throughout
•Notes on edition:
oP. 441: Tail-piece not present (illustration of Twains head in flames)
oP. 443 The caption reads St. Charles Hotel
•References: BAL 3411;
•Binding: Leather; tight & secure
•Language: English
•Size: ~9in X 6in (23cm x 15cm)

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