Life on the Mississippi [National Edition, Vol. IX]
by Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Not Issued
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, dark blue cloth with spine lettered and decorated in gold. 481 pages. Top edge gilt. Volume IX [of 25] in the National Author's Edition of Twain's Writings. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece of the author and two full page plates by E.H. Garrett. Circa 1911. No previous ownership marks. Very mild dulling to spine. A clean, tight and unmarked copy. Very good..
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
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019453
- Title
- Life on the Mississippi [National Edition, Vol. IX]
- Author
- Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century American Literature;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...