LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
by Twain, Mark
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Columbia, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
1883. 1883 Twain, Mark LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI Boston: Charles Osgood and Company, 1883 1st edition tailpiece on page 441 missing, but caption on page 443 reads "The St Louis Hotel" 624pp tall 8vo publisher's calf neatly rebacked in leather with old spine laid-back down corners worn, edges rubbed o/w sound tight copy of a variant edition scarce.
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
- Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3176
- Title
- LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- FC , FC-MF , LT
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Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Books are returnable for a refund
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About the Seller
Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
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Columbia, Missouri
About Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
30,000 books in stock, with special emphasis on gardening,
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Prints and maps are stocked as well.
Established 1977, member ABAA/ILAB
art and textiles, poetry, children\'s and illustrated, Missouriana, antiquarian books.
Prints and maps are stocked as well.
Established 1977, member ABAA/ILAB
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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....
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise