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Voices on the River: The Story of the Mississippi Waterways

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Voices on the River: The Story of the Mississippi Waterways

by HAVIGHURST, Walter

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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1964. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. vii, 310pp. Illustrations, map endpapers. Very good/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with spine slightly sunned and several small edge chips. Tight, nice first edition -- and signed small but bold by Havighurst in blue ballpoint on the inner flyleaf. From the library of Adlai E. Stevenson III (b. 1930) and in turn likely from the library of his father, Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-65), Illinois governor and twice presidential candidate.

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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
38155
Title
Voices on the River: The Story of the Mississippi Waterways
Author
HAVIGHURST, Walter
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
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Publisher
The Macmillan Company
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1964
Bookseller catalogs
Books; Illinois & Midwest; Transportation;

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Sunned
Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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
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