[Rarebooks] FS: True First Complete Edition of Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi Illustrated and Signed by Thomas Hart Benton

[Charles Agvent]

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TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. New  York:
Limited  Editions  Club 1944. First Edition. Octavo (6-1/4" x  9-1/2")
bound  in  dark  gray-green morocco-backed brown linen  boards  with a
lithographed  scene  by Thomas Hart Benton. The addition  of  hitherto
suppressed  passages  totaling 15,000 words makes this the True  First
Complete  Edition  of  this classic work by Mark Twain with  the  text
conforming  to  the original manuscript. Edited by Willis Wagner  with
an  introduction  by Edward Wagenknecht. Designed by Will  Ransom  and
printed  by  W.  E. Rudge's Sons. Copy #355 of  1200  numbered  copies
illustrated  by Thomas Hart Benton with nearly 60 drawings,  including
the  first  color pictures by him in a book. SIGNED by the  artist  on
the  colophon  page. Monthly Letter laid in. Small adhesive  stain  on
the  front  pastedown  from bookplate once tipped in. Near  Fine  in a
Near Fine case with intact label.                              $500.00

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