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[CLEMENS, S. L.]. Old Times On the Mississippi: by Mark Twain. Toronto: Belford Bros, 1876. 1st ed. 12mo. 157, [2] pp. Orig. purple cloth, faded. $300.00

 

BAL 3368, variant reprint, with p. [158] blank, ad for "Thrift" on p. [159], andthe ad for "Pausanias" on p. [160]. An unauthorized edition with material not otherwise printed until 1878 and 1883. Belford attempted to end copyright practices which he saw working against Canadian publishers, but his Twain piracies never had that effect.