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Life on the Mississippi
by Twain, Mark; Illustrated by Thomas Hart Benton
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1944. # 522 of 1200 copies designed by Will Ransom and SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR Thomas Hart Benton at colophon page. Printed by William E. Rudge's Sons. Bound in quarter leather over pictorial cloth covered boards.Very Good, rubbing to leather along top and side edges of spine, lacking the slipcase. Wonderful Thomas Hart Benton illustrations throughout. . SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009858
- Title
- Life on the Mississippi
- Author
- Twain, Mark; Illustrated by Thomas Hart Benton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Bloomington, Indiana
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Spine
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