LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI.

James R. Osgood, 1883

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Year of publication

1883

Place of printing

Boston

Author

Twain

Publishers

James R. Osgood

Edition

ONE OF TWAIN?S BEST BOOKS AND A RARE AND HANDSOME COPY IN

Languages

English

First edition

Yes

Description

First Edition, Early State. Blanck's intermediate B, with the tailpiece of Twain in flames on p.441 not present, and with caption on p.443 reading "The St. Charles Hotel". Profusely illustrated throughout. Tall 8vo, publisher?s original decorated cloth with black stamped decorations and gilt pictorial vignettes on the upper cover, the spine decorated in black and with a large gilt pictorial vignette, lettered in gilt, a.e.g., protected in a fine slipcase 624 pp. A very fine copy, uncommonly fresh and well preserved, the cloth is a rich brown with bright gilt and only the lightest evidence of age, internally sound and very clean. A superior copy.