Item #152829 Life on the Mississippi, by Mark Twain [Pseud. ] ... with More Than 300 Illustrations ... The First Copies Contained an Illustration, P. 441, Showing Mark Twain in Flames, Which Was Omitted, At the Request of Mrs. Clemens, in Further Printings of Same T. -P. Date. Cf. Merle Johnson, a Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain, 1910, P. 57. Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Pseud. Clemens.

Life on the Mississippi, by Mark Twain [Pseud. ] ... with More Than 300 Illustrations ... The First Copies Contained an Illustration, P. 441, Showing Mark Twain in Flames, Which Was Omitted, At the Request of Mrs. Clemens, in Further Printings of Same T. -P. Date. Cf. Merle Johnson, a Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain, 1910, P. 57.

1883, 1st U.S. edition (St, Charles issue, p.443). Boston, J. R. Osgood And Company. 'sold By Subscription Only'. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, elaborately blind-tooled, pictorial cloth. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 624 pages; Description: 624 p. Incl. Front. , illus. , plates. 23 cm. Subjects: Pilots and pilotage --Mississippi River -- Description and travel. The first copies contained an illustration, p. 441, showing Mark Twain in flames, whcih was omitted, at the request of Mrs. Clemens, in further printings of same t. -p. Date. Cf. Merle Johnson's bibliography. Item #152829

Price: €425.00

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