Title: Life on the Mississippi Author: Twain, Mark Place: Boston Publisher: James R. Osgood Date: 1883 Description: 624 pp. Profusely illustrated throughout. 8½x5¾, original brown cloth decorated in black with gilt pictorial vignettes, lettered in gilt on spine. First American Edition, First State. First state with both the caption on p.443 reading "The St. Louis Hotel" and tailpiece on p.441 depicts an urn, flames and the head of Mark Twain. At the request of Mrs. Clemens, the tailpiece was removed in later states, as she felt it too morbid. BAL 3411. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine ends frayed, edges rubbed; front free endpaper and flyleaf lacking, remnants of bookplate on front pastedown, imitation of Twain's signature on rear of frontispiece; else very good. Item number: 196626
Title: Life on the Mississippi Author: Twain, Mark Place: Boston Publisher: James R. Osgood Date: 1883 Description: 624 pp. Profusely illustrated throughout. 8½x5¾, original brown cloth decorated in black with gilt pictorial vignettes, lettered in gilt on spine. First American Edition, First State. First state with both the caption on p.443 reading "The St. Louis Hotel" and tailpiece on p.441 depicts an urn, flames and the head of Mark Twain. At the request of Mrs. Clemens, the tailpiece was removed in later states, as she felt it too morbid. BAL 3411. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine ends frayed, edges rubbed; front free endpaper and flyleaf lacking, remnants of bookplate on front pastedown, imitation of Twain's signature on rear of frontispiece; else very good. Item number: 196626
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