Life on the Mississippi

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. First Edition. Very Good+. Octavo, 624 pages; publisher's pictorial brown cloth, decorated in gilt and black, gray end papers. FIRST STATE, intermediate A, with Twain's head in flames on page 441, and "St. Charles Hotel" on page 443. All hinges are intact; small tape residue on ffep; internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind. "With more than 300 illustrations." Minor wear at extremities and foot of spine. Quite a handsome copy. BAL 3411.