283
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TWAIN, MARK.
Life on the
Mississippi.
Illustrated throughout. 8vo,
publisher’s brown cloth stamped in black
and gilt, minor shelfwear mostly to spine
tips and corners; contents clean. A very
nice copy.
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883
[500/750]
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
,
BAL First state,
Intermediate A (B?). One of two intermediate
first state issues (priority undetermined); this
with tailpiece on p. 441 present, and p. 443
with “The St. Charles Hotel” caption. In a
bright, clean binding. Twain’s evocative account
of America’s greatest waterway. BAL 3411;
Johnson pp. 41-43.
283
285
284
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TWAIN, MARK.
The Prince and the Pauper.
Numerous text illustrations,
chapter vignettes, wood-engraved frontispiece and facsimile manuscript. 8vo, original green
cloth, covers and spine decoratively stamped in gilt and black, corners bumped, minor wear
to spine tips, rear cover with some dampstaining; old ownership pencil inscription on first
blank, one signature working loose but intact. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1882
[400/600]
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
,
with Franklin Press imprint on copyright page, BAL binding
state B. BAL 3402; Johnson p. 39.
285
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TWAIN, MARK.
Writings.
37 volumes. Half-titles, title-pages printed in red and
black, numerous plates with captioned tissue guards. 8vo, contemporary
3
/
4
red morocco,
spines tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, top edges gilt, by Bayntun, few minor
stray marks to covers, last volume with center raised band neatly chipped off; partially
unopened.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929
[2,500/3,500]
STORMFIELD EDITION
,
LIMITED TO
1024
SETS
,
THIS BEING NUMBER
155.
In addition to
his writings, this collection includes Twain’s biography, and letters edited by Albert Bigelow
Paine. A very attractive set.
