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Upper Mississippi River Rafting Steamboats
by Mueller, Edward A
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0821411136
- ISBN 13
- 9780821411131
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Ohio University Press, 1995. First Edition. hardcover. Mueller, Edward A. : Upper Mississippi River Rafting Steamboats. Athens (OH) : Ohio University Press, 1995. First edition/First impression. Size is quarto (4vo), 11.375"/28.7cm h. Handsomely bound in publisher's almost-navy blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj, front/back illus by William Trotter. Plain white endpapers. Viii pp prelim material, 117 numbered pp, plus three blank; not paginated are an additional 113 (approx) sheets (226 pp) of coated b&w photos. Preface; Rafting on the Mississippi (by Harry G. Dyer), Captain George Winans' Life, Record and Recollections; numerous other chapters of historical interest; lists (of Rafting Steamboats, Steamboat Nicknames, Rafting Pilots and Masters, Rock Island Rapids Pilots, Engineers, Mates); appendices, index. Replete (and we do mean replete) w b&w photos of personages, boats, and riverine scenes. Condition notes: unclipped dj in mylar, very light wear; light wear to boards, spine ends rolled. Interior clean and bright. A marvelous record of steamboating on the Upper Mississippi (approx Illinois and north). We personally inspect every book we offer.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Furrowed Brow Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230526005
- Title
- Upper Mississippi River Rafting Steamboats
- Author
- Mueller, Edward A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0821411136
- ISBN 13
- 9780821411131
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Place of Publication
- Athens, Oh, U. S. A.
- Date Published
- 1995
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Furrowed Brow Books' goal is to offer an eclectic selection, while providing specialty offerings in Eastern Orthodoxy and Byzantine civilization, theology, Christian mysticism, science fiction/fantasy (Inklings emphasis), and military history.
We're happy to discuss making an offer on a collection in one of our specialty areas.
Dealer discount of 20%; we simply ask that you reciprocate with a discount of 20%.
Thanks for stopping by!
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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