Search Results: life on the mississippi by twain mark pseudonym

P. F. Collier, 1917. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Harper & Brothers, c1911. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good condition, rear inner hinge cracked, in blue cloth. 527p. Harper"s printing code on verso of t.p.: C T

New York: Library of America, 1982. Seventh printing. Dark blue cloth, attached ribbon bookmark, with ivory slipcase. About fine condition with light slipcase rubbing, good hinges, tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. Likely never read. The slipcase has light shelf rubbing and some very light shelf soil, structurally sound.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Slipcase. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1927. black c w/pictorial inset on front, lite stainig, moderate wear at extremities; owner's name; 527 clean, unmarked pages. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Walter Stewart. 8.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1883, 1st American Edition, 1st State, Intermediate A. (Leatherbound) 624pp. Good. 8vo. In original publisher's full speckled-calf (as offered in the publisher's prospectus). Red morocco labels to spine, lettered and ruled in gilt. Binding worn; hinges cracking, boards remain secure; leather rubbed, corners raw; morocco labels faded, cracked and chipped; leather chipping at head and heel of spine. Evidence of minor amateur repairs; faint evidence of repair glue at heel of spine and front hinge; head of spine and rear hinge reinforced beneath with buckram (leather laid back down). With these blemishes duly noted, the binding remains acceptably sound with the textblock entirely secure. All edges marbled; top edge dust-darkened, as expected. Matching marbled EPs. Previous owner's rubber name stamp at head of title page. Else, the textblock is generally clean; free of underling, marginalia, or any other such blemishes. Occasional small spot of dirtying;… Read More

Boston, J. R. Osgood And Company. 'sold By Subscription Only'., 1883. 1st U.S. edition (St, Charles issue, p.443). Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, elaborately blind-tooled, pictorial cloth. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 624 pages; Description: 624 p. Incl. Front. , illus. , plates. 23 cm. Subjects: Pilots and pilotage --Mississippi River -- Description and travel. The first copies contained an illustration, p. 441, showing Mark Twain in flames, whcih was omitted, at the request of Mrs. Clemens, in further printings of same t. -p. Date. Cf. Merle Johnson's bibliography.