Life On the Mississippi

Boston: James R. Osgood,, 1883. In the desirable original sheep Quarto. Original deluxe sheep, twin red morocco labels to spine. Illustrated frontispiece, steamboat vignette to title page, illustrated plates and vignettes in the text throughout. Spine lightly rubbed, front joint cracked at head with spine backing loosening, lighter splitting at head of rear joint, tiny patch of wear at… Read more

Osgood, 1883 First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Mark Twain on a tipped in page. This First Printing book has all the First Issue points. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with some wear to the panels. The pages are clean with minor wear to the edges. There is no writing, marks or bookplates in the book.… Read more

James R. Osgood and Company. 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. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1883.

James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. 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)… Read more

James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883 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… Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. Near fine. First edition, first state intermediate A, a great example - which also includes a separately published copy of the famous suppressed chapter, discovered much later with the original manuscript and clandestinely printed in run of only 250 copies. A memoir of Twain's experiences as a steamboat pilot before the… Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. 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. Publisher's full mottled sheep leather with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels and marbled edges and endpapers. Illustrated with engravings and plates.… Read more

James R. Osgood & Company, Boston, 1883. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near fine. A beautiful unrestored copy. 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… Read more

James R. Osgood, 1883. 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… Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Frontispiece of the "Baton Rouge" steamboat, over 300 illustrations and 4 appendices. Original brown cloth, covers with gold and black stamped decorations and gilt pictorial vignettes on the upper cover and spine, minor wear to foot of spine; interior excellent. From the library of Grace W. and Ira W. Hoover,… Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First American edition. Near Fine. 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.… Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large 8vo. [5], 8-624, [2] pp. Half-bound in morocco over pebbled brown cloth, with marble endpapers, pastedowns, and a marbled textblock. Spine is lettered and decorated in gilt with five raised bands, the margins of the boards are in ruled gilt. Illustrated by a frontispiece, full-page… Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1883. 8vo. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, INTERMEDIATE A with the tail-piece on p. 441 depicting an urn, flames, and head of Mark Twain, and the caption on p. 443 reading "The St.… Read more

ames R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883 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… Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. 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… Read more

B oston: James R. Osgood and Company. 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… Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. Illustrations Throughout. 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… Read more

624pp, deluxe half leather binding, raised bands, gilt decorated spine, marbled boards, page edges and endpapers, first state points present, Twains head in flames and 'The St. Louis Hotel' is caption, light external wear, gilt decorated spine, spine labels, slight lean, unmarked.

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. 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 of this Twain classic: clean, in and out, a tightly bound, sharp copy. There… Read more

BOSTON: JAMES R OSGOOD AND COMPANY, 1883. 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… Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. 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… Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. Presumed 1st Edition & Printing . Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. Presumed 1st Edition & Printing . Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Leather binding /cover with marbled end papers.The cover is the reason for the fair rating as the leather is worn and… Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. 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… Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. First American Edition; probably issued a few days earlier in London; first state, with the “St. Louis Hotel” caption and the illustration of Mark Twain “in flames,” which was dropped due to Mrs. Clemens’s objections to its morbidity. Small name stamp on the front free endpaper; front hinge cracked; a little fraying at the… Read more

North Books, 1998-09. Hardcover. Good.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. 1st US edition, 2nd state (BAL 3411). Original publisher's brown decorative cloth. Gilt bright. Minor extremity wear. Hinge paper professionally restored. Withal, a pleasing VG+ copy.. 624 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4"

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. The first edition, a mixed state, 1883 [with] the limited edition of the suppressed chapter first published in 1913. The publisher decided that Twain's views on "southern political slavery" would offend southern customers and the chapter was withdrawn during printing. The manuscript… Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Original brown cloth decorated in black with gilt pictorial vignettes, lettered in gilt on the spine. 624 pp, profusely illustrated. First American Edition, Second State, with tailpiece not present on p. 441, and illustration on page 443 captioned "The St. Charles Hotel". Light wear to corners… Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. First edition (first state, with points at pp. 441 and 443). 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… Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1883, 1883. 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… Read more

2008-08-05. New. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May be re-issue. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, first state, intermediate A with illustrations of Twain in flames on page 441 and caption on page 443 changed to read: "The St. Charles Hotel." Brown decorative cloth with gilt illustration on front and spine, gilt-stamped spine title. Nice, small 19th century round bookplate on front… Read more

Boston: Osgood, 1883. First Edition, Intermediate State B.(Without the cremation scene on p. 441 and p. 443 'St. Louis Hotel'). 8vo, pp. 624. Illustrated with 300 illustrations. Original publisher's brown cloth stamped in black and gilt, (little rubbed at the extremities of the spine). Paper cracked on the rear hinge, but a VG copy. BAL 3411. This seems… Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First Edition Second State. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition Second State. Hardcover. Brown decorative cloth. Boards and extremities rubbed. Head and tail of spine creased with a few small tears. Previous owner's information on ffep, bled onto paste-down. Second State: No urn on page 441 and "St.… Read more

1883. With Over 300 Illustrations. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. 32 pp ads dated December 1883. Original red cloth pictorially decorated in black. First Edition, which was published five days before the American one (and is considerably scarcer: although the number of English copies is not known, we would surmise that it might have been… Read more

London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. First Edition. Octavo. The English edition preceded the American. 32 pages of ads dated March 1883. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Endpapers printed in brown and leaf pattern. It lists the St. Charles Hotel as does the second state of the American edition. Blanck 3411 notes that the first state has St. Louis Hotel… Read more

James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883 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… Read more

London: Chatto & Windus, 1883 XX-561 pp.+ 32 pp. Chatto & Windus adverts, dated March, 1883. Over 300 illustrations. (Frontispice a fine large Mississippi steamer) THE GENUINE FIRST EDITION, PRECEDING THE US EDITION BY FIVE(!!!) DAYS. Samuel Longhorne Clemens account if his days on this romantic river as a Steamboat Pilot. He composed this work from articles he wrote… Read more

1986-06-06. New. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May be re-issue. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!

Boston: Charles R. Osgood, 1883. 1st . Hardcover. Fine. With more than 300 illustrations. 2nd state of the first ediiton. Twain in flames p. 441. St. Charles Hotel P. 443. BAL 3411. head of spine is slightly worn. Bright tight and clean.

Boston: James R. Osgood,, 1883. Quarto. Original brown cloth, blocked and lettered in gilt and black to spine and front board, pale grey endpapers, edges gilt (the gilt edges constituting a deluxe issue). Illustrated frontispiece, steamboat vignette to title page, illustrated plates and vignettes in the text throughout. Spine ends and board edges slightly rubbed, gilt bright and sharp,… Read more

1883 … Read more

James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine Copy Very Minimal Wear. First Edition 1883 2nd State Intermediate State B Beautiful Fresh Copy In Slipcase.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. Very good condition, a handsome copy, text and illustrations clean. . Edition: First Edition, Binding: 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. , Notes: First edition, the second state, with the caption on p.… Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1883, 1st American Edition, 1st State, Intermediate A. (Leatherbound) 624pp. Good. 8vo. In original publisher's full speckled-calf (as offered in the publisher's prospectus). Red morocco labels to spine, lettered and ruled in gilt. Binding worn; hinges cracking, boards remain secure; leather rubbed, corners raw; morocco labels faded, cracked and… Read more

Dawson Brothers: Montreal, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 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… Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. Illustrations Throughout. 624 Pp. Publisher's Original Brown Cloth Stamped In Gilt And Black, Grey Endpapers, All Edges Gilt. B.A.L. L First State, Intermediate "B" Lacking Illustration Of Twain In Flames On P. 441, Incorrectly Showing "St. Louis Hotel" Beneath Illustration On P.443, And… Read more

Chatto & Windus, London., 1883. First edition: narrowly precedes the U.S. edition. Octavo. pp xxvi, 563, [3]. First issue: 32-page publishers' catalogue, dated March 1883, at rear. Over 300 illustrations. Patterned endpapers. Red pictorial cloth black and gilt.Spine slightly faded. Corners of covers slightly rubbed. Very good. A bright copy.

Osgood. Very Good with no dust jacket; Rubbing to spine ends/board corners and . small (1/3") spine edge wear; light wear to boards; some spine wrinkling. . Hinges very tight; but cracked... One set of opposing leaves w/very light . toned rectangle from laid-in bookmark; else leaves in very good or better . condition.. 1883. First US Edition; Second Printing.… Read more

624 pages with frontispiece and over 300 black and white illustrations. Royal Octavo (9" x 6 1/4") bound in the original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial on spine and black and gilt lettering with pictorial to cover. Lacks the illustration of Twain's head in flames on page 441, and the corrected "St Charles Hotel" on page 443.… Read more