Life on the Mississippi

by Mark Twain, Samuel L. Clemens

$9,500 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First edition. First State, with the image of Twain in flames on p. 441 and with The St. Louis Hotel caption on p. 443. In the original publisher's brown cloth with gilt vignettes on the front board and spine. A copy in exceptional condition. In Fine condition overall. Binding still tight and appearing unread. Gilt on front cover and spine still

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