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Life on the Mississippi: With More Than 300 Illustrations
by Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First Edition, second state. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 624 pages, [1]. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Decorated brown cloth hardcover with embossed title and gilt illustration on the front cover. Gilt illustration and title on the the spine. Light edge wear to the cloth extremities. A light crease to the cloth head of the spine. The front hinge is cracked. 1883 previous owner inscription written on the right front flyleaf. "D.G.Siegel" name in the upper corner of the front paste down. Rest of contents very clean. This copy has no illustration on page 441 and the titled illustration "St. Charles Hotel" on page 443.
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
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18588
- Title
- Life on the Mississippi
- Author
- Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, second state
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1883
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About the Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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