[Rarebooks] FS: Mark Twain's LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI Illustrated & SIGNED by Thomas Hart Benton

[Charles Agvent]

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 leather-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 #323 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. 
Foxing to endpapers, contents clean. Light wear to spine tips, primarily 
the head. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. (#019394)     $300.00

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