Life on the Mississippi
Dawson Brothers: Montreal, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #11973
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.
Price (CAD): $650.00