[Rarebooks] FS: First State in Scarcest Binding of Mark Twain's LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, 1883

[Charles Agvent]

TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Boston: James R. 
Osgood and Company, 1883. First Edition. Publisher's full mottled sheep 
leather with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels and marbled edges and 
endpapers. Illustrated with engravings and plates. BAL 3411: Scarce 
first state with tailpiece of Twain in flames on page 441 and the "St. 
Louis Hotel" caption on page 443. The page with Twain depicted in flames 
was later removed at the request of Mrs. Clemens who considered it 
morbid. One of Twain's best books, this autobiographical account of life 
on and around America's great river was considered by Twain to be his 
masterpiece and is quite uncommon in this binding, the scarcest of the 
seven bindings available to subscribers. Internally clean and fresh. 
Light wear to spine tips with some discoloration to the spine. Joints on 
both covers beginning to split but covers tight. Overall Near Fine. 
(#019793)        $3,500

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