Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi. Dawson Brothers, Montreal,, 1883.

Price: US$160.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Ist Canadian edition, note Department of Agriculture (holder of Canadian copyright registrations) to Andrew Chattos, heel of spine damaged, missing all before title page corners bumped. wear to edges of spine) Published before the Ist US edition, official edition authorized by Twain to combat Canadian piracies of his books. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng

Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada

Twain, Mark. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Dawson Brothers, Montreal, 1883.

Price: US$173.74 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: FIRST CANADIAN EDITION. COPYRIGHTED IN THE NAME OF CHATTO (ANDREW) but obviously printed from the American Sheets. . Brick cloth binding with decorated end papers and paste-downs, superficial paper split inside rear spine seam, 547 pages which includes 54 illustrations and a 34 page appendixes A-D (Further Stories), minor foxing to last few pages, book has numerous illustrations including small steam boat on the title page, previous bend mark top right cover corner otherwise book is clean, complete, and tight.

Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.

Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi. Dawson Brothers, 1883.

Price: US$245.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Canadian edition. In red cloth. Slight darkening to cloth. Couple corners lightly bumped. A solid copy.

Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.

Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississipi. Dawson Brothers, Montreal, 1883.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 547 pages. Extremities rubbed; considerable stain and some warping to rear board. Unrestored binding entirely sound. Handsome prize bookplate to front pastedown: Province of Quebec, Department of Public Instruction to Miles Cunningham for general proficiency in 1897. Light foxing up to p. 35 and to final few leaves.

Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada

Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. Dawson Brothers, Montreal, 1883.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain. First Canadian edition in original blue cloth. Publisher: Dawson Brothers, Montreal, 1883. Binding is in very good plus condition. Some slight wear to the top and of the spine. Contents clean, but with foxing through the first 16 pages and the last 4 pages including the endpapers. Owners name in ink on the ffep and the title-page. 547 pages including the appendices. 5 ½ x 7 ½ inches. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #C-137. Price: $350.

Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.

Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. Montreal, Dawson Brothers, 1883.

Price: US$486.19 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Canadian edition, preceding the American edition by a few days and after the Chatto and Windus edition by a day or so. Cluster published by Twain in a successful move to break the backs of his tenacious pirates, here for the first time, Twain showed up in Ottawa upon publication to firm up his legal position and copyright protection. Red morocco grained cloth with dulled gilt spine lettering and sunned spine. Wear to the cloth at the corners and spine ends, hinges expertly repaired with Japanese tissue, but in all a clean and tight copy. Chapter 31 portrays the first use of fingerprints to solve a crime in a work of fiction. The Canadian edition differs typographically from the American and the UK editions. BAL 3411.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada