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Life On The Mississippi (In Publisher's Half-Leather Binding)
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. Illustrations Throughout. 624 Pp. Publisher's Half Calf Binding (Spine And Tips), Red And Black Spine Labels Stamped In Gilt, Gilt In All Compartments, Over Marbled Paper Covered Boards With Blind Stamped Rules At Edges, With Matching Marbled Endpapers And Matching Marbled Edges Of Page Block. B.A.L. First State With Illustration Of Twain In Flames On P. 441, Corrected "St. Charles Hotel" Beneath Illustration On P.443, And Uncorrected "It It" On P. 444. Lightly Used, Hinges Solid, No Names Or Marks Or Book Plates. This Binding, In Publisher's Leather, Is Somewhat Scarce In Collector's Condition.
Synopsis
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. The book begins with a brief history of the river from its discovery by Hernando de Soto in 1542. It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' of an experienced pilot. He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036897
- Title
- Life On The Mississippi (In Publisher's Half-Leather Binding)
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Illustrator
- Illustrations Throughout
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1883
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare And Unusual Books; Literature: Nineteenth Century; Antiquarian Books and Leather-Bound Books;
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
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- Spine
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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