A-RAFTING ON THE MISSISSIPP' by RUSSELL, CHARLES EDWARD - 1928

Century Co., 1928. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. Spine slightly dull..

New York: Century Co., [1928]. 337 pages, plus frontispiece, folding map, and numerous plates, including portraits, photographs, etc. Original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and small color illustration mounted on front cover. [21.1 cm.] Near fine, lacking the scarce dust jacket. Spine slightly sun-faded, still a nice copy. FIRST EDITION. A anecdotal history of lumber rafting and steamboats on the Mississippi River.

New York: The Century Co., 1928. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Second printing, December 1928. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine; front cover features blind stamped letting and a small paper paste-on illustration. Map endpapers. Faint area of soiling at the bottom part of the fore-edge of text block, else near fine. Dust jacket shows very minor edgewear and toning; not price clipped ($3.50). DJ in clear archival sleeve. Index. xii, 357 pp. 8.25 x 6 inches. Includes fold-out map of Coon Slough (Vernon County, Wisconsin). The historical story of the whole logging, lumber, and rafting industry of the Mississippi basin from its beginning, through its extraordinary zenith, to its decline and end. The author, who was born in a city on the Mississippi (Davenport, Iowa), drew from his own experiences on the river as well as from the recollections of veterans and from old letters and diaries in reconstructing this milieu of river life. Charles Edward Russell (1860-1941) was an American… Read More