118 / 146
265
●
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; few signatures starting
but textblock sound, small marginal stain
to prelims, penciled ownership inscription.
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883
[400/600]
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
,
MIXED ISSUE
,
BAL Intermediate A (B?) state. One of two
intermediate first state issues (priority undeter-
mined); this with tailpiece on p. 441 absent,
and p. 443 with “The St. Louis Hotel” cap-
tion. BAL 3411.
266
●
TWAIN, MARK.
The Prince
and the Pauper.
Facsimile holograph
and wood-engraved frontispiece, numer-
ous text illustrations, chapter vignettes.
8vo, publisher’s green pictorial cloth gilt,
white paint flecks to front cover, rubbing
to extremities, spine tips bumped; tiny
nicks to corners of a few leaves, short
closed tear on pp. 225-226.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company,
1882
[400/600]
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST ISSUE WITH UNCOR
-
RECTED TEXT
;
p. 124, line 1 reading “estate”; p.
263 “do not”; p. 362 “reigned.” Franklin Press
imprint on verso of title page. In BAL’s binding
state B. BAL 3402; Johnson p. 39-41.
264
●
TWAIN,MARK.
The Celebrated
Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.
12mo, original gilt-lettered terra-cotta
cloth over bevelled boards, with gilt and
blind vignettes at lower corners of
(respectively) the front and back covers,
minimal rubbing to spine tips and corners;
front hinge tender, contents clean.
NewYork: C.H.Webb, 1868
[1,000/1,500]
SECOND EDITION
,
INSCRIBED BY MR
.
TALL
-
MADGE TO BOOK
’
S DEDICATEE JOHN SMITH
on first blank in black ink: “...I especially con-
gratulate you upon standing so high in his
[Twain’s] esteem as is implied in the dedication
of this book.” BAL 3310.
264
265
266