CLEMENS, Samuel (“Mark Twain”) (1835–1910). Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. 8vo. Wood–engraved plates and numerous wood–engraved illustrations in text. Original publisher’s half pigskin, marbled sides, black and red leather lettering–pieces gilt, gilt tooling compartments, all edges marbled (light rubbing to extremities, a bit of wear to spine). Provenance: F.P. Monfort (book label); later pencil inscriptions. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, Intermediate A, with the tail-piece on p. 441 depicting an urn, flames and the head of Twain, and the caption on p. 443 reading “The St. Charles Hotel.” In a SCARCE PUBLISHER’S DELUXE BINDING. BAL 3411.
CLEMENS, Samuel (“Mark Twain”) (1835–1910). Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. 8vo. Wood–engraved plates and numerous wood–engraved illustrations in text. Original publisher’s half pigskin, marbled sides, black and red leather lettering–pieces gilt, gilt tooling compartments, all edges marbled (light rubbing to extremities, a bit of wear to spine). Provenance: F.P. Monfort (book label); later pencil inscriptions. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, Intermediate A, with the tail-piece on p. 441 depicting an urn, flames and the head of Twain, and the caption on p. 443 reading “The St. Charles Hotel.” In a SCARCE PUBLISHER’S DELUXE BINDING. BAL 3411.
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