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Life on the Mississippi
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Oak Ridge, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. Presumed 1st Edition & Printing . Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. Presumed 1st Edition & Printing . Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Leather binding /cover with marbled end papers.The cover is the reason for the fair rating as the leather is worn and split on the front spine edge (still intact) Spine has a tear in the middle and is edge worn at top & bottom. If the leather were replaced repaired this book would be fine o/w. Inside in tight, unmarked, intact with slightly yellowing pg. edges. Both true first state points present: (1) page 441: 'present is a tail-piece depicting an urn, flames, head of Mark Twain', in subsequent states removed at the request of Mrs. Clemens who considered it morbid. (2) page 443: 'caption reads THE ST. LOUIS HOTEL', in subsequent states corrected to "The St. Charles Hotel"; Mark Twain's autobiographical account of his early steamboat days and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches. Pictures available if requested.
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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- Bookseller
- ARCCBOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001117
- Title
- Life on the Mississippi
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presumed 1st Edition & Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1883
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; KB;
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