Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi, Illustrated and Signed by Thomas Hart Benton

Mark Twain; Thomas Hart Benton, illus.; Willis Wager, ed. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1944. Limited edition; no. 133 of 1200 numbered copies; signed by Benton on colophon, as issued. Quarter leather with pictorial cloth-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt; in original green cloth-covered folding case. 8vo; xxviii, 418pp. With introduction by Edward Wagenknecht, designed by Will Ransom, and with illustrations by Benton through out including many color plates and frontispiece. An important edition that includes "a number of previously suppressed passages, now printed for the first time."

Book 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.; In case 10 1/4 x 7 in.

A Private High Point, North Carolina Collection

Boards with light wear to spine ends; some browning at page edges; clean interior; case with small stains, light scuffs, areas of toning, minor extremity wear, and label with typical wear. Very good in very good minus case.