[Literature] Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
Life on the Mississippi
London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. First edition, first issue. 8vo. Illustrated with frontispiece, full-page and in-text illustrations; 32 pp. publisher's catalogue, dated March, 1883, at rear. Original pictorial red cloth-covered boards, stamped in black and in gilt, corners slightly bumped, some darkening to edges; spine ends lightly frayed. Scattered spotting and occasional minor soiling to text. BAL 3410.This English edition was issued a few days before the American one as a protection against possible unauthorized reproductions in the period preceding international copyright law. The work can be seen as Huckleberry Finn's mise-en-scene.