1883 Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain 1st/1st w/ St. Louis Hotel & Flames

1883 Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain 1^st/1^st w/ St. Louis Hotel & Flames

“Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.”

– Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi

“Life on the Mississippi” is a memoir by Mark Twain, of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. It is also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans many years after the war.

A rare first edition of Mark Twain’s classic “Life on the Mississippi”. Featuring more than 300 illustrations throughout, this is truly a remarkable find for any Twain collector. See below for edition points.

Item number: #28464

Price: $1500

TWAIN, Mark

Life on the Mississippi

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. 1883. True First Edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 624
  • 316 illustrations
• First printing points:
  • 441: Flames tailpiece is included (illustration of Twain’s head in flames)
  • 443: The caption reads ‘The St. Louis Hotel’ (instead of ‘St. Charles’) no priority given to St Charles or St Louis.
• References: BAL 3411; Howes C 480
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
  • Decorative brown cloth
• Size: ~9in X 6.25in (23cm x 16cm)

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