signed Hardcover
1942 · New York
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1942. Hardcover. Spine of the book is only slightly darkened, much less than typical for this title. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some wear along the edges. Thomas Hart Benton. Octavo (6" x 9-1/2") bound in full butternut cloth with paper spine label. Edited with an introduction by Bernard De Voto who restores the chapter Clemens ripped out of the manuscript and inserted into LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Designed by C. P. Rollins and illustrated with line and wash drawings by Thomas Hart Benton. Copy #342 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist in pencil on the colophon page. (Inventory #: 021549)