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Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi. The Heritage Press, 1944.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Mark Twain writes what he knows most about-The Mississippi River.illustrated in black and white and in color by Thomas Hart Benton. Gotta be the favorite author of millions.Fading scatteredon edges of cover but not involving crest or gold lettering. A Limited Editions Club presentation.
Seller: AMCAntiques, Gulfport, MS, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi. The Heritage Press, 1944.
Price: US$29.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1944. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB COPY. A good ex-library blue hardcover with typical library markings. Clean tanned pages may have an occasional smudge or mark. Illustrations in black, color or two-colors throughtout. Moderate cover wear. No dust jacket. Booksavers receives donated books and recycles them in a variety of ways. Proceeds benefit the work of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in the U.S. and around the world.
Seller: Booksavers of MD, Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark; il. Thomas Hart Benton. Life on the Mississippi. Heritage Press, 1944.
Price: US$35.30 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Heritage Press 1944 Limited Edition Fine/ Earlier Limited Edition Club version. no dj, Green cloth with brown text blocks with gilded steamboat design and lttering on front with gilded lettering on spine. "U" written on bottom page edges is faded. Some color and black and white illustrations. HEAVY ITEM.
Seller: Keeper of the Page, Enumclaw, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: DESCRIPTION: Samuel Clemmins, better known as Mark Twain, (1835 - 1910) also wrote "Tom Sawyer," and "Huckleberry Finn," The Celebrated Jumping frog of Calaveras County, and many more. * * * Included with this 418 page book is an introduction, table of contents with 60 chapters, 40 colored and non colored illustrations, 4 appendices, and the suppressed passages. * * * The special contents of this edition 1944 copyrighted edition by the Limited Editions Club. * * * Inserted at the front of this novel is the Sandglass # 12G, a four page folded pamphlet from the Heritage Press. * * * The title is stamped in gold leaf on the spine. * * * * CONDITION: I would say that the condition of this book is very good plus or better. The slip case is in good condition with normal wear and minor cover loss on the edge surface. The endpapers are not split. This book may require additional postage for overseas shipping.
Seller: The Book Shelf, Bismarck, ND, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 418 pages; VG-; bound in 1/4 gray leather, boards in green and white pictorial paper; spine with gilt lettering; mild shelf wear and soiling; wear to crown and tail of spine; contains black and white, sepia, and full-color illustrations; signed flat at colophon by Benton; hand-numbered 1114 at colophon; shelved Case 9 3/4. 1348139. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1944.
Price: US$540.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Nice copy signed by illustrator, #611 of 1200. With an introduction by Edward Wagenknecht and a number of previously suppressed passages, now printed for the first time. Quarter bound in blue leather over color illustrated boards. Protected in slipcase with four sides for protection. Slipcase label decorated in green and gold has some loss but 70% there. Seam of slipcase has light wear. Scarce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1944.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in dark gray-green morocco leather-backed brown linen boards with a lithographed scene by Thomas Hart Benton. The addition of hitherto suppressed passages totaling 15,000 words makes this the True First Complete Edition of this classic work by Mark Twain with the text conforming to the original manuscript. Edited by Willis Wagner with an introduction by Edward Wagenknecht. Designed by Will Ransom and printed by W. E. Rudge's Sons. Copy #316 of 1200 numbered copies illustrated by Thomas Hart Benton with nearly 60 drawings, including the first color pictures by him in a book. SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Fine in a Very Good case with typical wear to the label and spotting to the case covers
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.