[Rarebooks] FS: True First Complete Edition of Mark Twain's LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI

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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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