Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Haweis, Rev. H. R. (Mark Twain). American Humorists. Funk & Wagnalls, Publishers, New York, 1883.
Price: US$49.95 + shipping
Description: New York: Funk & Wagnalls, Publishers, 1883. 5" wide by 7.25" tall. A tight copy. Original tan pictorial wrappers, printed in black and red. Cloth spine. Front wrap slightly chipped at the corners. Some pages inadvertently dog-eared. This is the first issue of the first full-length (28 pages) study of Twain's life and works. It is publication #82 in Funk & Wagnalls' Standard Library. The front cover is dated Feb. 12, 1883. Contains 6 chapters: Mark Twain, Washington Irving, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, Artemus Ward, and Bret Harte. BAL Vol. 2, p. 250. . First Printing of the First US Edition. Soft Cover. Near Very Good condition. 192pp.
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: . . . . First edition, second state (no urn, St. Charles Hotel, not St. Louis) 8vo, hardcover. No dj, brown cloth. Good- condition. Hinges tape-reinforced; spine dulled, spine ends slightly frayed. Contents clean, free of writing or marking. Binding a bit skaken, still secure. 624 pp. 19th, American, Century, Literature,
Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. James R. Osgood, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Thick 8vo hardcover volume in brown gold mbossed cloth boards. Spine and boards holding but have edge and corner wear. Endpapers are split but not marked. 624 page contents are not foxed or stained. 2nd state with hotel change and no pick on page 441.
Seller: Antique Emporium, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. James R. Osgood, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: First edition with second state (p. 441 image of Twain in flames removed) and, arguably, first state St. Louis Hotel on page 443. Publisher's brown cloth decorated in black and gilt. Corners worn, loss at spine ends, front hinge revealed, front cover loosening. 1885 ownership signature top of ffe.
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Brown cloth over boards. Some wear on edges. Binding a little bit shaken with a split in endpapers at each gutter. Toning on edges. Text block is well-sewn. The gilt on front board and spine is bright. No illustration on page 441.
Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark [Samuel Clemens]. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 624 pages. In Poor condition. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering sand stamped decoration. Boards have fraying and tearing to spine edges, boards exposed at corners and edges, and mild edge and shelf wear. Textblock has light age toning, heavy splitting to front interior hinge, partial splitting to rear interior hinge, pages 257 to 400 mostly detached from binding with heavy splitting to gutters and binding. Shelved Room A. BAL 3411. 1372734. Special Collections. First Edition, First State Intermediate B.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. James R. Osgood, 1883.
Price: US$174.00 + shipping
Description: LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, Osgood, 1883, first edition, mixed issue, light wear and/or rubbing to the fore edge corner tips, some wear to the spine extremities with a 2mm loss of cloth to a section across the head of the spine, inner rear hinge starting, else a vg copy in the publishers original black and gold-gilt pictorial stamped cloth. Profusely illustrated with more than 300 illustrations.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The book is in good condition.There is a signature and some pencil notes in the front. The gilt lettering on the front cover is bright. There is some wear to the hinges. The pages are clean and free of foxing. First edition, mixed state with out Twain in Flames on p.441 and the illustration on p.443 being captioned The St. Charles Hotel. A rare early edition of Twain's classic work.
Seller: The Lion's End, Antiquarian Books, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
TWAIN Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R Osgood, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$192.49 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 316 illustrations, bound in original decorated brown cloth covers, rubbed and worn; Large Octavo
Seller: Castle Hill Books, Llandrindod Wells, United Kingdom
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition Clamshell Collecor's Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Twain Mark. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Custom Clamshell Case. Boston: James R. Osgood, [1883, Book Date]. Modern Custom Crafted Clamshell Case [Not with Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team; gilt stamped title piece, finished in black & brown Nuba® with 'sculpted' geometric design on the side based on the book's binding. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather. An excellent Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, MA, 1883.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Edge and corner wear; no dj; corners are bumped and rubbed; shelf worn; lightly scuffed and scratched; hinges are cracked; couple of colored stickers are attached to the inner front cover; overall still a nice, clean, collectable used copy! Extremely rare and hard-to-find copy! Brown cloth with black lettering and a gilt illustration on the front board and gilt lettering on the spine. 624 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "The Mississippi is well worth reading about. It is not a commonplace river, but on the contrary is in all ways remarkable. Considering the Missouri its main branch, it is the longest river in the world ---- four thousand three hundred miles. It seems safe to say that it is also the crookedest river in the world, since in one part of its journey it uses up one thousand three hundred miles the same ground that the crow would fly over in six hundred and seventy-five." ----- from Chapter I (The River and Its History.) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Conover Books, Martinsville, VA, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood & Co, 1883.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Later state. Covers mildly shelfworn. A couple signatures loose, but still intact. Two pages repaired with tape.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.
Price: US$205.42 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1883 edition (2nd or possibly mixed state - no burning head on page 441, caption says St. Louis Hotel on page 443). The cover is heavily worn from years of use. Pages have yellowed, and the book is starting to fray in places. The cover is also starting to lift from the foreblock, causing. Book is in a fragile state, normal considering it's age.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. James R. Osgood: Boston, 1883.
Price: US$230.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illus., 9 x 6", gilt-dec illus. brown cloth; aeg, 624pp, covers a bit rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, rear inner hinge cracked (but not detached), front inner hinge cracking, ink inscription from former owner, pp63-66 sliced in margin, but still a pretty nice looking copy of the FIRST EDITION, SECOND STATE (no Twain in flames on p441, "St. Louis" on p443).
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First Edition. First ed w/ flame illustration on p. 441. Scarce in any condition. Brown cloth boards with vibrant gilt embellishment on front board. Boards/backstrip intact but separated from textblock. Could be repaired by an expert. Pages tanned but clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: A Poor copy in three-quarter maroon leather over green cloth, lacking the spine covering. The covers are loose but present. The internal contents are complete (to include marbled endpapers). A binding copy. A mixed state of the first edition, with Twain in flames behind an urn at page 441, but "The St. Charles Hotel" at page 443.
Seller: Row By Row Bookshop, Sugar Grove, NC, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. First edition, second state with "More than 300 Illustrations" "Mark Twain in Flames" removed p. 441 (by Mrs. Clemens); St. Louis Hotel on page 443. Steamboat frontispiece. Good to very good copy, some signatures loosening. Bright gilt and black on decorated board and spine. Front hinge cracked but sound. Light wear at head and heel. A very nice copy. Now in protective archival acetate jacket. Twain's most notable work, "a memoir of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. It is also a travel book, recounting his trips on the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans, and then from New Orleans to Saint Paul many years after the war." BAL 3411. Not available for priority/expedited shipping. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood, 1883.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First edition, mixed state: portrait in flames on page 441, but 'St. Charles Hotel' on page 443. Just a Fair copy: corners and spine ends rubbed through, front hinge cracked, two signatures sprung. The binding is still firm and the gilt remains fairly bright.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo. 624 pages, [1]. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Decorated brown cloth hardcover with embossed title and gilt illustration on the front cover. Gilt illustration and title on the the spine. Light edge wear to the cloth extremities. A light crease to the cloth head of the spine. The front hinge is cracked. 1883 previous owner inscription written on the right front flyleaf. "D.G.Siegel" name in the upper corner of the front paste down. Rest of contents very clean. This copy has no illustration on page 441 and the titled illustration "St. Charles Hotel" on page 443.
Seller: Americana Books, ABAA, Stone Mt, GA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Spine ends very slightly worn.
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Co, 1883.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo. First edition, second issue with no tail piece on p.441 and the illustration on p.443 being captioned The St. Charles Hotel. Original brown cloth, gilt vignettes on spine and front cover. Chipping to head and tail of spine, rubbing to edges. Slightly shaken. Pages clean and unmarked. McBride 85; BAL 3411
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A couple of small groupings of pages protrude very slightly, else a Very Good+ copy of the second state of the first edition. No tail-piece on page 441 and the hotel is corrected to read "The St. Charles Hotel".
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life On the Mississippi. James R. Osgood, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Large, heavy, brown cloth with ornate gilt illustration and black embossed design, very tiny tear and slight wear to spine edges, gilt illustration a little bright, slight wear to three tips, worn at bottom back tip, 624 pages with St. Charles Hotel on p. 443, no Twain in flames. Near Very Good copy.
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark.. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI.. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston,, 1883.
Price: US$379.95 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First State of the first American edition, with Mark Twain in flames on page 441 and the caption on page 443 reading, "The St. Louis Hotel," 624pp, over 300 illustrations. Professionally rebound in brown cloth, with a red leather label on the spine, and new endpapers and pastedowns, a very nice copy, leaf 403-4 has two small tape repairs at the top margin and the fore edge, not affecting text, four pages have darkened at the top two inches or so, from having had newspaper clippings used for bookmarks, not affecting text, three or four pages have tape repairs to corners that were turned for bookmarks, not affecting text and practically invisible. Condition certainly exceeds description.
Seller: Legacy Books, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$385.00 + shipping
Description: First printing, first state, intermediate A (B?), with the tailpiece showing the head of Mark Twain in flames on p.441, but with the caption on p.443 reading "St. Charles." Octavo (23cm). Brown cloth stamped in black and gilt; plain endpapers; 625pp; frontispiece and in-text wood engravings. Cloth rubbed, most gilt rubbed away, binding shaken: Good. Twain's memoir, combining an account of his time before the Civil War as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi, and his travels on the river as an adult. This issue not in McBride. BAL 3411. WRIGHT III: 1092.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, intermediate state B (lacking Clemens in flames on p. 441 but with the caption on p.443 reading "The St. Louis Hotel"). Hardcover. Half leather with marbled boards and gilt spine lettering. Marbled endpapers. Good condition. Top and bottom of spine rubbed and slightly frayed; corners bumped; bit of abrasive wear to front and back covers. Lacking the front free endpaper. Bit of foxing on the title-page, and a faint dampstain on upper outer corner of first 60 or so pages. One signature (pp. 289-304) not bound in as tightly as all others, but not loose. Occasional foxing and light dampstaining on margins, not affecting the text. Otherwise, the text is clean and tight, with the frontispiece and all illustrations present. All in all, a sound copy of the first edition in intermediate state B.
Seller: Waverly & Rugby Books, Pinehurst, NC, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$418.79 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Buchformat: Osgood and Company; 1883; hardcover; no jacket; 1st edition; more than 300 illustrations; Buchzustand: Bound in brown cloth with black lettering and gilting to spine and front panel; the second state, with frontispice 'Baton Rouge'; page 441 lacking the illustration, and the illustration corrected to read St. Charles Hotel; just a touch of rubbing to edges and the spinal extremities; no writings or marks; 8° - Oktavformat (23cm x 15,3cm); Sprache: English; Seiten: 624; Gewicht:1135 g; Buchinhalt: Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi from St. Louis to New Orleans many years after the War; Gesamtzustand: gut bis sehr gut
Seller: Hans H. Althaus, Göttingen, NDS, Germany
Price: US$445.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 624 pages. Extremities rubbed; gilt gone from front and spine. Unrestored binding entirely sound. Small inscription to front free endpaper: "Frank from Allice". One inch closed tear (no loss of paper) to upper margin of frontispiece, not entering image. Intermediate state B with no flaming Twain but St. Louis Hotel retained.
Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada
Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First Edition, Second State lacking the tail-piece with Twain aflame and p. 43 caption reading "St. Charles Hotel. Octavo. 624 pp. Black and white illustrations including riverboat frontis. Bound in brown cloth stamped in black and gilt; gray endpapers. Light wear to extremities with a couple very short tears to base of spine and corners bumped. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to preliminaries and interior else unmarked. A Very Good or better copy. [BAL 3411].
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: More than 300 Illustrations. Large, heavy book. Brown cloth with ornate design and gilt illustration of black on cotton bale near river, gilt on front bright as is spine illustration of pilot, all edges bright gilt, worn to three tips, very tiny tears and slight wear to spine edges. Small stain at bottom front, small white mark on bottom back. On page 443, illustration of St. Charles Hotel, no M.T. in flames. Good+ copy.
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Description: [CLEMENS, Samuel L.]. Life on the Mississippi. By Mark Twain. With More Than 300 Illustrations. Orig. gilt-decorated cloth, bkpl. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1883. First edition, second state. BAL 3411. A very good copy.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Text block a bit uneven, but covers well-preserved. Reference: BAL 3411.
Seller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA, Tuxedo, NY, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First state, in publisher's speckled calf, professionally repaired. The tailpiece of Twain in flames is present on page 441, while the illustration to page 443 bears the caption "The St. Louis Hotel". BAL 3411. Publisher's speckled calf binding, professionally repaired. The surface of the spine, with the publisher's red morocco labels, had fallen apart, and has now been rebacked with the original reassembled, with one section missing. (See photos). The joints have been strengthened, and worn corners . Small losses to the marbled endpapers have been stabilized and filled with Japan paper. All edges marbled. Bookseller's label to the rear fixed endpaper (Books Inc. San Francisco). 624 clean and unmarked pages. 9x 6"
Seller: B Street Books, ABAA and ILAB, San Mateo, CA, U.S.A.
Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens). Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$525.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover: Used - Good condition. Publisher: James R. Osgood & Company, Boston, 1883. First edition with "Sold by Subscription Only" on Title Page. Page 441 without the tail-piece and the illustration caption on pg.443 reads "The St. Charles Hotel. Original brown cloth, decoratively stamped in black and gilt. 300 illustrations. Corners bumped and book shows overall wear and markings. Spine is intact with top and bottom tearing along the edges. Front and last two pages are detached from the spine but there are no missing pages and remaining pages are clean, tight and in very good condition.
Seller: Six Maples Books, Martinsburg, WV, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark.. Life On the Mississippi.. James R. Osgood and Company,, Boston., 1883.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: BAL 3411; Johnson page 41. First state intermediate A (B?): p. 441: no tailpiece of urn, flames, head of Mark Twain, is present; p. 443: caption reads " The St. Charles Hotel." Fine copy. 624 pps. Decorated hard cover. Brown cloth over boards, pictorial spine and front cover stamped in gold.
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$563.68 + shipping
Description: First edition, second state. (with no tail piece on p.441 and "St. Charles Hotel" on p.443). Tall 8vo., orig. brown cloth decorated in black and gilt, 624pp. Some chipping to the spine ends but o/w a near fine, bright copy. BAL 3411.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Description: Edition : First Edition, Full publisher?s decorative cloth, with embossed decorative bordering and titles, and an embossed gilt centerpiece. Flat spine with gilt titles and illustrated gilt label. , First edition, the second state, with the caption on p. 443 corrected to \"St. Charles Hotel. Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi from St. Louis to New Orleans many years after the War. The book begins with a brief history of the river as reported by Europeans and Americans, beginning with the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto in 1542. It continues with anecdotes of Twain\'s training as a steamboat pilot, as the \'cub\' of an experienced pilot. He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River in a section that was first published in 1876, entitled \"Old Times on the Mississippi\". In the second half, Twain narrates his trip many years later on a steamboat from St. Louis to New Orleans. He describes the competition from railroads, and the new, large cities, and adds his observations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture. He also tells some stories that are most likely tall tales. Simultaneously published in 1883 in the United States and Great Britain, the book is said to have been the first submitted to a publisher as a typewritten manuscript., Size : 8vo (223x143mm), Illustrated profusely with over 300 illustrations Very good condition, a handsome copy, text and illustrations clean.
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Twain, Mark. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 624 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. First State, Intermediate A with illustration of Twain in flames on page 441 and illustration on page 443 captioned as "St. Charles Hotel." Light fraying to cloth on head and tail of spine. Scuffing to top and fore edges of textblock. Age-toning and scattered finger staining to interior pages. Features illustrations throughout. BAL 3411. Shelved in Case 13. 1376262. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. First Edition, First State [Intermediate A].
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 624 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in decorated brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. First State, Intermediate A with illustration of Twain in flames on page 441 and illustration on page 443 captioned "The St. Charles Hotel." Light rubbing to edges and corners of boards. Mild fraying to head and tail of spine. Spine slightly cocked. Dye to top edge of textblock faded. Previous owner's stamped signature on second free endpaper. Age toning throughout textblock. Features illustrations throughout. Shelved in Case 13. BAL 3411. 1377188. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. First Edition, First State [Intermediate A].
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Samuel Clements, [Mark Twain] .. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI.. James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo [ 6 ¼ X 9 inches ], full tan leather, contrasting labels on spine, marbled end papers, marbled spine edges, with more than 300 illustrations, 624 pages,BHL 3411, first edition, first state, intermediate A, page 441 Mark Twain in flames and 443 the St. Charles Hotel.
Seller: Tintagel, Springfield Center, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life On the Mississippi. James R. Osgood And Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition. First State, intermediate B (BAL) : lacking the image of Twain in flames on p. 441, but with "The St. Louis Hotel" caption on p. 443. Brown pebbled cloth with gilt title only on spine. No other decorations. Salmon colored end papers. All edges red. Printed at the University Press by John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. Some very light handling marks internally else this is an excellent copy. Very hard to find in this condition. Very tight and clean with no marks or inscriptions. PayPal accepted.
Seller: Diamond Island Books, Gorham, ME, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Octoavo. Collated and Complete. All first state points present for "intermediate A." tailpiece on p. 441 is present and the caption under p. 443 illustration reads "Charles". BAL 3411. Modern morocco bookplate from the library of Michael Sharpe. Faint discoloration and tiding to leather, paper covers moderately scratched and edgeworn, light rubbing extremities. Internally clean and tight, an overall near fine copy. Publisher's tan half calf, marbled paper binding (per publisher's binding options), all edges marbled
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens). Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American Edition, second issue with the caption on p. 443 reading "The St. Charles Hotel" and without the tailpiece depicting an urn on p. 441. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's brown cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: A splendid copy bound in the publisher's original brown cloth brightly decorated with gilt rectancles of characters on the front boards and on the spine. Exceptionally clean and tight; virtually unread. This is Blanck's intermediate B, with the tailpiece of Twain in flames* on p.441 not present, and with caption on p.443 reading "The St. Charles Hotel". *This drawing was removed beause Twains wife found it offensive. With light touches of wear to the top and bottom of the spine ends and at the corners. A collector's copy of this classic Twain work which showcases his life as a riverboat pilot. Life on the Mississippi begins with a brief history of the river as reported by Europeans and Americans, beginning with the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto in 1542.[2] It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' (apprentice) of an experienced pilot, Horace E. Bixby. He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River in a section that was first published in 1876, entitled "Old Times on the Mississippi". Although Twain was actually 21 when he began his training, he uses artistic license to make himself seem somewhat younger, referring to himself as a "fledgling" and a "boy" who "ran away from home" to seek his fortune on the river, and playing up his own callowness and naïveté.In the second half, Twain narrates his trip many years later on a steamboat from St. Louis to New Orleans, shortly followed by a steamboat journey from New Orleans to St Paul (with a stop at his boyhood home town of Hannibal, MO). He describes the competition from railroads, and the new, large cities, and adds his observations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture. He also tells some stories that are most likely tall tales. (Wikipedia) First Ediiton with matching dates of 1883 on the title and copyright pages. Second issue without "Twain in flames" on p 441.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark [Clemens, Samuel]. Life on The Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$799.86 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful copy of the true 1st edition with the image of Twain in flames on page 441 and with "The St. Louis Hotel" caption on page 443. The book is in good condition and is bound in the original publisher's brown cloth with gilt design on the cover. The covers and spine are worn, the hinges are cracked front and back inside. There is fraying to the spine top and bottom as well as the boards edges. Some age toning inside. Email us for a photo, we ship fast.
Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. James R. Osgood and Company 1883, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$808.46 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 624pp. Frontispiece "The Baton Rouge". With more than 300 illustrations. First edition, 2nd state with Twain in flames illustration on p 441 but with 'St. Charles Hotel' as the caption on p443.[corrected from St. Louis that the first state calls for]. 'It it' error present pp444 lines 7/8. A fine binding with blocked gilt and black illustrations. No gilt to the edges. Unfaded or worn brown cloth. Neat owners name to the head of the title-page. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS. Size: large 8vo
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
Twain Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, B oston, 1883.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FULL leather edition Strong clean fresh illustrated text. with the points Twain Flames/Hotel correct. Beautiful gilt edges. Strong book with tight and firm internal structure. The BAD PART . Neat yet somewhat crude bookbinder slices cover leathers north to south full length to access and reinforce covers. . The once lovely 5 banned spine now totally flaked ( yet still strong.) The bold marble free end papers are also so sliced and intrusion into the first blank end papers completes the wreck. ALL have been repaired, so to speak ,and are not ok and are serious faults. Thus this volume cries out for the magical book binder.and all will be well again.
Seller: Mom and Pop's Book Shop,, Wakefield, RI, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens). Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Co., Boston, 1883.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Condition: VG. Thick 8to. size. 1st edition, Blanck's Intermediate State A, with the illustration Of Twain in flames on p. 441, corrected "St. Charles Hotel" caption on P.443, and the uncorrected "It It" On P. 444, lines 7-8. Marbled boards in half-calf leather, 5 raised spine bands with all compartments gilt, with maroon and dark blue title plates. All edges marbled. With over 300 illustrations, originally sold by subscription only, this edition in the original subscriber's binding. This VG book has some slight wear to the covers, the leather shows minimal staining and wear consistent with age. The boards are well browned, as is the text block marbling. Small 19th cent. bookplate of F.P. Montfort on front pastedown, with an ink signature of said owner on the front free endpaper, and 1931 pencil signatures on the following page. Pastedowns and endpapers have age-darkened, though not as much as the front cover and text marbling. The text inside is clean, with some toning towards the edges, and lone pencil marks scattered here and there. Binding and gutters tight, with no cracking or separation. A collectible copy of this iconic edition, in an uncommon binding. In uncertain economic times, invest your hard-earned money in items of lasting value you can hold in hand and enjoy.
Seller: Aesthete's Eye Books, West Jordan, UT, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. James R. Osgood, 1883.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ; Blanck's intermediate state points include: Tailpiece with Mark Twain in flames on p. 441 (first state) but corrected caption on p. 443 "The St. Charles Hotel (second state). Full brown morocco leather bound cover with 5 raised bands, gilt lettering, and embossed detail on spine, embossed boards, and lovely 1/2" gilt dentels has modest wear but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Backstrip reglued but somewhat imperfectly as marbled end sheets are lacking (marbled paste downs present) and gutter visible at front and rear of book. Front white end sheet crease (with frontispiece verso) , mostly detached handwritten name. Otherwise, binding itself is tight. Thumbing to title page. Pages are toned with modest thumbing but in very good condition. ; 624 pages
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In full leather with marbled end papers, edges. Skillfully replaced leather spine, red morocco label and gilt lettering. Covers worn, corners worn through, brittle end papers with some corners flaked off. Generally a nicely repaired, tight copy of this hard to find edition of the American classic.
Seller: Trillium Antiquarian Books, Peterborough, ON, Canada
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$949.98 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original brown decorated cloth with bright gilt decorations. First Edition, Mixed State. No Twain head in flames on page 441 but “The St. Louis Hotel” on page 443. Twain’s autobiographical account of his days on the Mississippi. One of his most important and revered books. Previous owner’s name and date in ink, Near Fine. Nice copy.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, 624pp., illustrated. About very good in the publisher's decorative brown cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Very mild wear to extremities, including a nick at the crown and a small gouge to the rear board. A somewhat shaken copy, with a few internal signatures loosened, but not detached. Inner hinges cracked, but holding. Owner's name in pencil on the front free endpaper. Despite these notable defects, still a reasonably nice example of the true first issue, with Twain's head engulfed in flames on the tailpiece on p. 441, and caption "The St. Louis Hotel" on p. 443. Already a presentable copy, and one that might benefit from the services of a binder who could re-sew the page block through the original stab holes. BAL 3411.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood Company, 1883.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: James R Osgood, Boston 1883. First Edition / First Printing / Mixed State. Dated 1883 with no additional printings. Twain's head in flames out of an urn on page 441. St. Charles on page 443. Book Condition: Very Good, shelf wear, light spots, age toning.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
Mark Twain; Samuel Clemens. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood Company, E-150, 1883.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. James R. Osgood, Boston, MA. 1883. 624 pgs. Illustrated with more than 300 illustrations. First edition/ First State, Intermediate 'A,' with an illustration on page 441 of Twains head above an urn amid flames and smoke. Mrs. Clemens found the image morbid and insisted that it be removed. With the corrected state of page 443, with the caption to the illustration reading "The St. Charles Hotel." Bound in brick red decorated cloth with gilt titles present to the spine and the front board. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (spined lightly faded and toned, small stain present to the front board). Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Told in the unmistakable voice of Americas immortal storyteller, this chronicle of a vanishing past is a tale of two journeys. The first is that of Samuel Clemens, young antebellum-era steamboat pilot who navigates wide-eyed passengers on the Mississippi. And the second tells of a reflective Mark Twain. Hed return, years later, to observe the inevitable and dismaying postCivil War developments along the currents of the ever-changing Great River. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bright attractive copy with wonderful illustrations; cover and spine gilding very bright; slight rubbing to top and bottom spine and edges; first edition, second state: p441 no illustration; p443 "The St. Charles Hotel"; highly collectible Twain edition Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Cornelius Muhilly Rare Books, Kansas City, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$1080.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 624 Pp. Publisher's Half Calf Binding (Spine And Tips), Red And Black Spine Labels Stamped In Gilt, Gilt In All Compartments, Over Marbled Paper Covered Boards With Blind Stamped Rules At Edges, With Matching Marbled Endpapers And Matching Marbled Edges Of Page Block. B.A.L. First State With Illustration Of Twain In Flames On P. 441, Corrected "St. Charles Hotel" Beneath Illustration On P.443, And Uncorrected "It It" On P. 444. Lightly Used, Hinges Solid, No Names Or Marks Or Book Plates. This Binding, In Publisher's Leather, Is Somewhat Scarce In Collector's Condition.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First US edition, second state with no tailpiece on p. 441 and with caption The St Charles Hotel on p. 443, 8vo (8.75 in x 5.75 in), pp. (1)-624, illustrated throughout. Original gilt & black decorated brown cloth. Bal 3411. H10041. Attractive clean bright copy. Sheets and plates clean, unmarked, complete. All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cl
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. First edition, mixed state with Twain and urn in flames on page 441 and corrected caption "St. Charles" (not "St. Louis") on page 443. Newly rebound in antique brown cloth, gilt ruling, leather spine label. Laid brown paper endpapers. 8vo. Cloth binding, 624 pp. More than 300 illustrations. A beautiful copy of Twain's story of his life as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi. Fine condition.
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.
TWAIN MARK. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. JAMES R OSGOOD AND COMPANY, BOSTON, 1883.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: THE BOOK HAS BEEN REBOUND IN TAN LEATHER LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI AND MARK TWAIN ON THE SPINE IN RED LEATHER . TOP OF SPINE IS A LITTLE RAGGED BOTTOM OF SPINE HAS A LITTLE PIECE OF LEATHER MISSING. . A TAPE REPAIR ON REAR OF SPINE. AND ON TWO FRONT CORNERS INTERIOR IS NEAR FINE ALL POINTS ARE PRESENT ALL EDGES MARBLED MATCHING END PAPERS INTERIOR IS BRIGHT CLEAN AND WHITE NO FOXING THIS COPY HAS THE BURNING HEAD OF MARK TWAIN ON PAGE 441 PAGE 443 HAS HOTEL AS THE ST LOUIS HOTEL A VERY RARE FIRST STATE IPHONE PHOTOS GLADLY SENT
Seller: ARD Books, cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Co., 1883.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. Mixed state with "St. Louis Hotel" caption on page 443, but missing the tail piece depicting Twain's head in flames on page 441. Beautifully rebound in full leather with raised bands and gilt titles and decoration. Silk bookmark and rare end papers bound without original advertisements. Gilt to upper page edges shows minor rubbing, otherwise very good.
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
TWAIN, MARK. LIFE OF THE MISSISSIPPI. JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, BOSTON, 1883.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Brown leather hardcover in very good condition with professional restoration to hinges and spine, retaining the original labels. 624 very clean unmarked pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations. A beautiful copy of this First Edition, First State with the image of Twain in flames on page 441 ( The page with Twain depicted in flames was later removed at the request of Mrs. Clemens who considered it morbid), "The St. Louis Hotel" caption on page 443, and *it* instead of *is* on page 444. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition. PLEASE REVIEW PICTURES.
Seller: Shadetree Rare Books, Chatham, VA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: 624 pages First edition: first state with all points: 1) illustration with Twain bust, urn, and flames on page 441; 2) with caption on page 443 reading "St. Louis Hotel"; and 3) uncorrected "it it" on page 444. Relatively scarce thus. The book is now housed in an unusual custom homemade slipcase covered in suede leather, with a darker leather patch affixed to one board. The patch has an original watercolor sketch of a steamboat. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight; front hinge starting but still holding tightly; bookplates for Harry Leonard and William S. Mobley on front pastedown endpaper; some edgewear on covers; most spine gilding rubbed off but still readable; first blank page has a Christmas 1895 gift inscription to Leonard from his mother. Leonard's signature at top of several pages. The slipcase is in excellent condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Tennyson Williams Books and Fine Art, Williamsburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1295.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Embossed brown cover with gilt hinges tight, over 300 illustrations, Mixed state with some point, probably "second issue" no picture on page 441, Baton Rouge on frontispiece, St. Charles Hotel
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1883 Mark Twain 1ed Life on the Mississippi St. Louis Missouri Steamboat FLAMES Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates. Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain, of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. It is also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans many years after the war. A rare first edition of Mark Twain s classic Life on the Mississippi . Featuring more than 300 illustrations throughout, this is truly a remarkable find for any Twain collector. See below for edition points. Item number: #19955 Price: $1500 TWAIN, Mark Life on the Mississippi Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. 1883. True First Edition. First printing. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o 624 o 316 illustrations First printing points: o p. 441: Flames tailpiece is included (illustration of Twain s head in flames) o p. 443: The caption reads The St. Charles Hotel (instead of St. Louis ) no priority given to St Charles or St Louis. References: BAL 3411; Howes C 480 Provenance: Handwritten [J. W. Holmes], 1883 Language: English Binding: Leather; tight and secure Size: ~9in X 6.25in (23cm x 15.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 19955 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "Life on the Mississippi". Published by James R. Osgood & Co. in 1883. Book measures 9" x 5-¾". 624 pages. Illustrated. First edition, first printing, and first state. With the tailpiece of Mark Twain's head in flames on page 441; And with "The St. Louis Hotel" caption on page 443 (BAL 3411). A very good copy in the publisher's original decorated cloth with black stamped decorations and gilt pictorial vignettes. Minor surface wear and staining to the boards, but the gilt lettering remains relatively bright and legible. Hinges cracked, but appear to have been re-glued and are holding strong. Previous owner's inscription from September 1984 on the front endpaper in pencil. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883, 1883.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover. 8vo (9" x 6"), gilt brown cloth. Frontis., 624 pp. Illus. throughout. Early ownership inscription of "F.A. Snow" in ink on ffep. CONDITION: Very good, bright copy with minimal rubbing, frontis. beginning to come away but still firmly attached. First edition, second state. Without tail-piece of Twain's head on pg. 441; the caption on pg. 443 reads: "The St. Charles Hotel." BAL 3411.
Seller: James Arsenault & Company, ABAA, Arrowsic, ME, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens). Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with corrected points. The book is bound in the publisher's brown cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with light wear to the edges. The pages are clean with some discoloration to the edges. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy housed in a custom slipcase for preservation.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Mixed State. Large Octavo, 9 x 6 inches. Scarce in publications leather, 3/4 black leather over black pebbled cloth, gilt lettering and decorations at covers and spine, five raised bands, marbled edges, marbled end papers, more than 300 black and white illustrations, no flames at page 441, page 443 reading The St. Louis Hotel. 'Life on the Mississippi is at once a romantic history of a mighty river; an autobiographical account of Twain s early steamboat days; a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches. It is the raw material from which Mark Twain wrote his finest novel-Huckleberry Finn. It is an epochal record of America s growth, a stirring remembrance of her vanished past. And it earned for its author his first recognition as a serious writer. [This is] a book to be ranked with Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as one of the indisputably great works in the Twain canon. a book that measures the American future by the boundaries of the American past, a bridge between the world of Thomas Jefferson and the world of John D. Rockefeller.' -Leonard Kriegel. Very Good, edges worn heaviest at leather at corners, leather at spine gutters and bands worn, pages clean but agetoned a bit.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$1760.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain. First edition, BAL s Intermediate B edition without Twain s head in the flames on page 441 but with the correct issue point of the St. Louis Hotel on page 443. Publisher: James R. Osgood, Boston, 1883. In publisher s decorative fine binding. Contents clean. 624 pages. 6 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches. This is a beautiful copy!! Protected by Mylar. Inventory #22-026. Price: $1,760.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI WITH MORE THAN 300 ILLUSTRATIONS. James R. Osgood & Co., 1883.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 624 pp; First Edition, first state. BAL 3411, with points of issue on pg 441 (has flaming illustration) and pg 443 ("St Louis"). Previous owner's name on fly leaf, rear hinge cracking but holding, fabric and gilt boards with black borders/text, fabric with several short tears on the spine and 1/2 inch chip in fabric at the base of the spine, glit bright on spine, light corner wear, no page markings, no foxing.
Seller: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$1900.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain. First edition, intermediate A with Twains head in the flames on page 441 and St. Charles Hotel on page 443. Publisher: James R. Osgood, Boston, 1883. Bound in original ¾ leather with marbled paper. Ornate spine design in gold. Binding tight, slight wear at the top and bottom of the spine and along edges. Else a very good plus binding. Contents clean and bright, slight edge toning. A very nice copy. 624 pages. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #12-300. Price: $1,900. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood Co., 1883.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First state, with both points present (flaming portrait on page 441 and 'St. Louis Hotel' on page 443). Original full morocco, rebacked with the original spine and red leather title labels laid down, marbled endsheets and page edges. Binding tight and square, corners and joints rubbed, shallow chipping to the original spine ends and one of the title labels, small spot of damage to a few words of text on page 443, text block generally fresh.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark and Warner, C.D.. Life On The Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: dark brown, gilt decorated binding
Seller: RP BOOKS, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$2100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain. First printing, with Twains head in the flames on page 441, but with St. Louis Hotel as the caption on page 443. Bound in publishers brown ¾ leather with brown pebble design marbled paper. Binding in very good condition, rubbing and wear to the spine and corner. Both labels with loss affecting the lettering (easily replaced). Front marbled endpapers with separation at gutter (as usual), back board somewhat loose. Publisher: James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883. 624 pages. Overall a nice copy of a scarce first issue in publishers letter. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #12-287. Price: $2100. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Twain Mark. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI.. Boston James R. Osgood 1883, 1883.
Price: US$2365.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Early State. Blanck's intermediate B, with the tailpiece of Twain in flames on p.441 not present, and with caption on p.443 reading "The St. Charles Hotel". Profusely illustrated throughout. Tall 8vo, publishers original decorated cloth with black stamped decorations and gilt pictorial vignettes on the upper cover, the spine decorated in black and with a large gilt pictorial vignette, lettered in gilt, a.e.g., protected in a fine slipcase 624 pp. A very fine copy, uncommonly fresh and well preserved, the cloth is a rich brown with bright gilt and only the lightest evidence of age, internally sound and very clean. A superior copy. ONE OF TWAINS BEST BOOKS AND A RARE AND HANDSOME COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH OF THIS IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION. Twain writes about his home and his muse-the great Mississippi. "As a dwelling place for civilized man it is by far the first upon our globe." (preface) In this largely autobiographical narrative, Twain gives us a vivid account of his experiences on the great river. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI is brilliant firsthand account of the steamboat age, the science of river piloting, and the life of the river itself from the point of view of those who made their living navigating it. The book is also an account of the changes of time, both to a man and to a way of life. The first part of the book recounts Twain's youthful days as a steamboat pilot before the American Civil War. Later in the book Twain recounts a trip along the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans many years after the war, taken by a now mature and successful author. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI is a truly wonderful book and a valued piece of the American legacy.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$2400.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, second state with no tailpiece on page 441 and "The St. Charles Hotel" on page 443. 624pp. Dark brown pictorial cloth stamped in black and gold on the front panel and spine panel. With more than three hundred illustrations. Barely a hint of foxing to the fore edge. A superb near fine copy. BAL 3411. Howes C480.; Large Octavo.
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition, first state of this provocative portrait of the great Mississippi River with tailpiece of Twain in flames on p. 441 and âThe St. Louis Hotelâ caption on p. 443. Octavo, original publisher's deluxe full sheep with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated. In very good condition, rebacked. Uncommon. An invaluable companion to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Life on the Mississippi is Mark Twain's inimitable portrait of 'the great Father of Waters'. Part memoir, part travelogue, it expresses the full range of Twain's literary personality, and remains the most vivid, boisterous and provocative account of the cultural and societal history of the Mississippi Valley, from 'the golden age' of steamboating to the violence wrought by the Civil War.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens). Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition with the important First Issue point with the illustration of Mark Twain's head in flames on page 441 (this drawing was removed in later printings at the specific request of Twain's wife, who found it morbid). The other point of "St. Louis Hotel" or "The St. Charles Hotel" on page 443 has NO established priority. The book is in nice shape and is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's brown cloth. The binding is tight with light wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark (Clemens, S. L.). Life On The Mississippi. James R. Osgood, Boston, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$2502.37 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A fair/good copy of this first edition, published by James R. Osgood, Boston, MA, USA, 1883., later worn quarter leather, Mark Twain's autobiographical narrative of his days on a steam boat, with short stories, notes and anecdotes. Later chocolate quarter leather binding over brown cloth, gilt spine label, ( worn). First Edition, however lacking the original advertisements. The English edition was issued within two weeks of the American edition. Some wear and soling to binding, ( photograph highly recommended prior to ordering, please inquire), hinges a little weak and wearing through, POS on half-title, bookplates on pastdown, small finger stains and wear internally. Please inquire, further details and description via email. Photographs can be arranged. Please confirm availability and postage costs prior to ordering. It is essential to confirm availability prior to ordering, as ABE books is not our only sales channel. We are here to help and look forward to hearing from you should you have any questions. We aim to answer all queries within 48 hours.
Seller: Garland Books, Dundee, UK, United Kingdom
Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Large 8vo. [5], 8-624, [2] pp. Half morocco over pebbled brown cloth, the boards' margins ruled in gilt, spine lettered and decorated in gilt with five raised bands; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated by a frontispiece, full-page wood engravings, and numerous in-text illustrations (over 300 total illustrations). BAL 3411. Ahearn APG 034c. BAL Intermediate State A, with the illustration on page 441 but with the later caption on page 443. A lovely copy of Twain's autobiographical novel. A Near Fine book with a former owner's gift inscription dated 1888 and a tiny chip to the leather on the top corner of the rear board.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First State, with the image of Twain in flames on p. 441 and with "The St. Louis Hotel" caption on p. 443. In the original publisher's brown cloth with gilt vignettes on the front board and spine. A Near Fine copy with bright cloth and gilt. Front inner hinge expertly repaired, slight wear at the spine ends and lower edge of the boards, otherwise an attractive copy. The author's first-hand look at navigating the Mississippi by riverboat and the changes to that area many years after the Civil War. Written concurrently with Huckleberry Finn and sharing several themes and even a few passages with that masterpiece. "The material offered by observations on the journey is various beyond enumeration, and much of it is extremely amusing. Hoaxes and exaggerations palmed off by pilots and other natives along the way upon supposed ignorant strangers; stories of gamblers and obsolete robbers; glimpses of character and manners; descriptions of scenery and places; statistics of trade; Indian legends; extracts from the comments of foreign travelers, -- all these occur, interspersed with two or three stories of either humorous or tragic import, or of both together" (The Atlantic Monthly, September 1883). Near Fine.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood, 1883.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: More than 300 illustrations. First Edition, First State with Twain in flames illustration. Larger, heavy book, brown half-leather, 624 pages. Worn at top tips and nearby edges, tiny surface wear spot near bottom front tip, very slight rubbed spots at spine top and bottom, left and right edges, light rubbing to raised spine edges, gilt fairly bright, marbled end papers, ink name and date (1888) on second front end paper. Near Very Good copy.
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$4375.00 + shipping
Description: 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
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION with the image of Twain in flames on page 441 and with "The St. Louis Hotel" caption on page 443. The book is in excellent condition and is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's brown cloth. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: 624pp. plus frontispiece and plates. In-text illustrations. Large octavo. Brown cloth, elaborately decorated in gilt and black, a.e.g. Spine ends very slightly worn, inner hinges neatly repaired. Bookplates on front pastedown and front free endpaper. Clean internally. Fine. In a half morocco and cloth slipcase and chemise. First U.S. edition, preceded by a few days by the Chatto & Windus edition. This is BAL's first state, with the flaming device on page 441, and with the caption on page 443 uncorrected. A quite unusual and rare binding variant, with all edges gilt. An excellent copy of one of the best American memoirs ever written, describing Twain's early life along the river. "It is in many ways his most personal book, full of humor, recollections, nostalgia, occasional sadness, anecdote, history, and scenery" - Reese. BAL 3411. HOWES C480. CLARK NEW SOUTH I:285. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 183 (note). REESE, NARRATIVES OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 26.
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: A very handsome copy bound in the publisher's original full-calf binding with moroccan labels on the spine. Internally, very clean and tight; virtually unread. The front hinge has been reglued and is cracked along the marbled endpapers. This is the first issue with the tailpiece drawing of Twain in flames emanating from an urn on p.441, but with the second issue with the caption on p. 443 reading "The St. Charles Hotel". With occasional scuffing along the edges and some small pieces of leather missing at the top and bottom of the spine ends. A collector's copy of this classic rarely found in the original leather binding. Life on the Mississippi begins with a brief history of the river as reported by Europeans and Americans, beginning with the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto in 1542.[2] It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' (apprentice) of an experienced pilot, Horace E. Bixby. He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River in a section that was first published in 1876, entitled "Old Times on the Mississippi". Although Twain was actually 21 when he began his training, he uses artistic license to make himself seem somewhat younger, referring to himself as a "fledgling" and a "boy" who "ran away from home" to seek his fortune on the river, and playing up his own callowness and naïveté.In the second half, Twain narrates his trip many years later on a steamboat from St. Louis to New Orleans, shortly followed by a steamboat journey from New Orleans to St Paul (with a stop at his boyhood home town of Hannibal, MO). He describes the competition from railroads, and the new, large cities, and adds his observations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture. He also tells some stories that are most likely tall tales. (Wikipedia) First Edition with matching dates of 1883 on the title and copyright pages. First issue with "Twain in flames" on p 441.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First state with tailpiece on page 441 depicting urn, flames, and head of Mark Twain; caption on page 443 reading "St. Louis Hotel". Laid in is a memo note from the Current Literature magazine reading as follows: "Sept. 9, 1889 (to) Samuel L. Clemens Esq.- Dear Sir, Your subscription to Current Literature expires with the Sept. No. We trust you have been sufficiently pleased to favor us with a renewal. No magazine sent beyond the date of expiration. Yours truly, The Current Literature Publishing Co." Written at an angle across the memo, "Continue the subscription for another year", SIGNED "S. L. Clemens" and dated "Sept. 23, 1889". The memo paper is almost tissue thin, was folded and pasted to a heavier grade backing. The note was extracted, folds, tears and chips were repaired, and it is now stabilized with a Japanese paper backing. The Volume: It is half bound in black leather over cloth, has gilt stamped spine lettering and decorations, 5 raised bands, gilt lined borders on front and rear panels; all edges marbled. The volume has undergone restoration to the leather on the spine ends and corners, and the hinges have been reinforced. The gilt is partially rubbed away on the spine ends and the cones are bumped. Most of the spine gilt is in very good condition. The font endpaper has chips on all edges (longest being 1"x 1/8" on the top edge), and except for the reinforced hinges and front endpaper chips, the interior is in excellent condition. The book presents really well.
Seller: Trilby & Co. Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.
Price: US$10000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original publishers brown cloth with black titles and bright gilt design front hinge starting book plate darkening on gutter pages 408-409. "The St. Charles Hotel" on page 443 caption, without the illustration of Mark Twain's head in flames on page 441.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.