![]() 346 for an illustration of the thumbprints used to solve the crime. 43).Ĭhapter 31 contains the first use of fingerprints to solve a crime in fiction, described by Colin Wilson as "a remarkable anticipation of a scientific discovery that was then known to less than half a dozen men." See the illustration on p. ‘Old Times on the Mississippi,’ written in 1875 is here reprinted with the balance of the book, chapter twenty-two to the end, being his story of his trip down the river as an honored guest” (Johnson, p. The first twenty-one chapters are his early impressions of the great river. It continues with anecdotes of Twains training as a steamboat pilot, as the cub of an experienced pilot. The book begins with a brief history of the river. ![]() “ Life on the Mississippi is really two books combined. Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before and after the American Civil War. BAL 34 ( Suppressed Chapter) Johnson, pp. leaflet comprising “The Suppressed Chapter of ‘Life on the Mississippi,” one of 250 numbered copies. (Small stain on a few preliminaries, else very clean.) Original brown decorated cloth, front cover and spine blocked in black and gold cloth slipcase. Wood-engraved frontispiece, plates and numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text. ![]() Louis Hotel.” A particularly fine and bright copy.Ĩvo. 441 depicting an urn, flames and the head of Twain, and the caption on p. ![]() ![]() BAL’s first state, with the tail-piece on p. Osgood and Company, 1883.įirst edition, first state, of this anecdotal travel narrative, containing an autobiographical account of Clemens’s childhood experiences, including his reminiscences of his days as a steamboat pilot, as well as a history of the river. ![]()
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