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Old Times on the Upper Mississippi: The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863
by Merrick, George Byron
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Datil, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland, OH: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1909. Hardcover, 323 pages. Good condition. First edition. Ex-library. Size 9.625"x6.5". "George Byron Merrick chronicles the entire panorama of steamboat life he experienced in the mid-1800s, where he started as a cabin boy and worked up to cub pilot on the mighty Mississippi . . . . Merrick's narrative matches lively stories about gamblers, shipwrecks, and steamboat races with rich descriptions of river life and steamboat operations." Includes b&w photo illustrations, appendices, and index. Exterior wear (moderate soiling, rubs/scuffs on extremities, small tears to cloth at spine top & bottom). Library label & markings; card pocket remnants on front endpapers. Light marginal soiling or foxing on a few pages, interior text else Very Good.. 1st Edition. Good.
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- Seller
- Florida Mountain Book Co.
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 007461
- Title
- Old Times on the Upper Mississippi: The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863
- Author
- Merrick, George Byron
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Arthur H. Clark Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland, OH
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- AMERICANA TRANSPORTATION SHIPS STEAM STEAMBOATS AMERICAN HISTORY RIVER NAVIGATION
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About the Seller
Florida Mountain Book Co.
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Datil, New Mexico
About Florida Mountain Book Co.
The Florida Mountains are located in southwestern New Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border. The Parsons family, proprietors of Florida Mountain Book Company, have been in the book business since 1996. Formerly the owners & operators of Readers' Cove Bookstore in Deming, New Mexico, beginning in May of 2012, we are now exclusively based on the internet.
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