First Edition of Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain 1883

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Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain 

With more than 300 illustrations

Published in 1883 by James R. Osgood and Company, Boston

First edition. Intermediate state B: without of Mark Twain in flames on page 441; with caption reading "The Saint Louis Hotel" on page 443

Estimated grade: Good to Very Good. Frontispiece is developing a tear along the binding, but remains attached at top and bottom of page. Pages have tanned lightly with age. Boards shows typical shelf wear - minor scuff marks, blunted corners. 

Rebound in original hardcover, with nice tight binding. 

Auction ends on Sunday, January 30, 2011

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First publication of On Mr. Fechter's Acting By Charles Dickens 1869 Atlantic Monthly Volume XXIV

Portsmouth Vintage Bookstore is auctioning off the hard to find first publication of Charles Dickens On Mr. Fechter's Acting in the pages of Atlantic Monthly Volume XXIV, published back in 1869.

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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume XXIV

1869

Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co.

Marble and leather boards. Former library book, with book plate and library stamp on interior of front cover. Complete, with all pages present and firmly attached, with exception of title page and the black page proceeding it - which is loose at binding but remains attached. A previous owner used black tape on spine and yellow tape on the interior of the front and back boards along the book's bindings. Despite these amateur restorations, the book has great eye appeal for its age.

This seven day auction ends of Saturday, November 7.

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