MARC Record from Library of Congress

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010 $a 03025501
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aF353$b.C6458 1883b
051 $aF353$b.C6458 1883b Copy 2$cCopy 2.
051 $aF353$b.C6458 1883b Copy 3$cCopy 3. Worn calf binding, separated at front hinge. Caption on p. 443 reads: The St. Charles Hotel. Source: Gift of Frances R. Friedman, June 15, 1992.
100 1 $aTwain, Mark,$d1835-1910.
245 10 $aLife on the Mississippi /$cby Mark Twain ; with more than 300 illustrations.
260 $aBoston :$bJames R. Osgood and Co.,$c1883.
300 $a624 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
500 $aFirst variant of the first American edition, having an illustration on page 441, showing Mark Twain in flames, which was omitted at the request of Mrs. Clemens, in further printings of the same date. Cf. Merle Johnson. A bibliography of the work of Mark Twain, 1910, p. 57.
500 $a"Sold by subscription only."
500 $aBAL notes two states of p. 443. First state caption reads: The St. Louis Hotel; "first state, intermediate A (B?)" caption reads: The St. Charles Hotel.
510 4 $aBAL$c3411
500 $aLC copy in library binding; caption of p. 443 reads: The St. Louis Hotel.$5DLC
500 $aSource: Copyright deposit.$5DLC
651 0 $aMississippi River$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aMississippi River Valley$xSocial life and customs.
650 0 $aPilots and pilotage$zMississippi River.
710 2 $aRoy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC