Life on the Mississippi /
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Life on the Mississippi / by Mark Twain ; with more than 300 illustrations. - Boston : James R. Osgood and Co., 1883. - 624 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
First variant of the first American edition, having an illustration on page 441, showing Mark Twain in flames, which was omitted at the request of Mrs. Clemens, in further printings of the same date. Cf. Merle Johnson. A bibliography of the work of Mark Twain, 1910, p. 57. "Sold by subscription only." BAL notes two states of p. 443. First state caption reads: The St. Louis Hotel; "first state, intermediate A (B?)" caption reads: The St. Charles Hotel. LC copy in library binding; caption of p. 443 reads: The St. Louis Hotel. Source: Copyright deposit.
BAL 3411
03025501
Pilots and pilotage--Mississippi River.
Mississippi River--Description and travel.
Mississippi River Valley--Social life and customs.
F353 / .C6458 1883b
Life on the Mississippi / by Mark Twain ; with more than 300 illustrations. - Boston : James R. Osgood and Co., 1883. - 624 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
First variant of the first American edition, having an illustration on page 441, showing Mark Twain in flames, which was omitted at the request of Mrs. Clemens, in further printings of the same date. Cf. Merle Johnson. A bibliography of the work of Mark Twain, 1910, p. 57. "Sold by subscription only." BAL notes two states of p. 443. First state caption reads: The St. Louis Hotel; "first state, intermediate A (B?)" caption reads: The St. Charles Hotel. LC copy in library binding; caption of p. 443 reads: The St. Louis Hotel. Source: Copyright deposit.
BAL 3411
03025501
Pilots and pilotage--Mississippi River.
Mississippi River--Description and travel.
Mississippi River Valley--Social life and customs.
F353 / .C6458 1883b