Life on the Mississippi
por Mark Twain
- Usado
- Muito Bom
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Muito Bom
- Livreiro
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
James R. Osgood Co., 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First state, with both points present (flaming portrait on page 441 and 'St. Louis Hotel' on page 443). Original full morocco, rebacked with the original spine and red leather title labels laid down, marbled endsheets and page edges. Binding tight and square, corners and joints rubbed, shallow chipping to the original spine ends and one of the title labels, small spot of damage to a few words of text on page 443, text block generally fresh.
Sinopse
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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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Dunaway Books
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 297738
- Título
- Life on the Mississippi
- Autor
- Mark Twain
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Muito Bom
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First Edition
- Editorial
- James R. Osgood Co.
- Data de publicação
- 1883
Termos da venda
Dunaway Books
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Sobre o Vendedor
Dunaway Books
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Saint Louis, Missouri
Sobre Dunaway Books
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Glossário
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- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
