Description: Offered is a Vintage 1945 paperback, Bantam Books #1, 1st printing of Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi, first published in 1883; it is Mark Twain's memoirs of his life as a cub steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River pre-Civil War and its pages tell us how he came by his pen name of Mark Twain, which in nautical lingo is specific to river navigation. The call "Mark Twain" by a lead man means the water is deep enough for safe navigation. "Mark" was an impression made on a rope dropped to determine the depth of the river. "Twain" signified a depth of 2 fathoms or 12'. Domestic Shipping by Media Mail. Check out our other offerings. Happy to combine shipping where able. We also do have tens of thousands of postcards from the Curt Teich Archives and will be listing them as well as tens of thousands of others ... all types and locales. Many are categorized. If you're looking for a certain topic, let us know. Selling on eBay as early as 1997. "The Mermaid" is also still a bonded auctioneer and real estate broker who spent the past "many" decades' specializing in books, ephemera, estates, and real estate. Just shy of two million books sold to date. Books and paper aside, if it is "Stuff", she has sold it! She has now returned to eBay. Health issues have brought us back. We are even selling our own collections! And ... we are picky. If we wouldn't add it to our own collections, we won't sell it. Hope you find something that you want, need, and, most important of all, will enjoy! We look forward to transacting with you and making new eBay friends and customers. Thanking you for your patronage in advance ... ! As to our "standard operating procedures": Our normal shipping & handling time is three (3) days. We ship weekdays with the exception of US federal holidays. We will ship with either free shipping or calculated shipping ... it depends on the given scenario. Often, calculated shipping will include insurance - again, depending on the item. Payment is expected at time of purchase or close of auction, whichever is applicable. This also applies to "best offer accepted" transactions. Non-paying purchasers or bidders will be blocked from future transactions. The same goes for winning bidders seeking to have sales cancelled. That said, prior to the end of any auctions, bids can be cancelled through the HELP section of eBay. If respective bidders are found to be cancelling bids in an excessive manner, however, they will be blocked from future transactions. Shill bidding is not tolerated and will be reported. "The Mermaid" is happy to ship globally.** (See below.) For such transactions, "calculated" shipping fees apply. Insurance will be required if not already included in applicable postal fee. **Unfortunately, there are a few destinations to which we cannot and will not ship. That circumstance involves a fluid dynamic the specifics of which may not be clear until point of sale. If such is the case, we will allow the transaction to be cancelled at our discretion and without any negative reporting made to eBay. WE ARE GLAD TO BE BACK!
Price: 9.99 USD
Location: Kingston, New Hampshire
End Time: 2025-01-01T23:42:19.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.63 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Place of Publication: UNITED STATES
Signed: No
Publisher: Bantam Books
Subject: Vintage Paperbacks
Year Printed: 1945
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: Alexis Orloff Hoffman
Special Attributes: Vintage Paperback, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Bantam Books #1, Mark Twain's Memoirs - How he got his pen name, Alexis Orloff Hoffman Cover Art
Region: North America
Personalized: No
Author: Mark Twain
Unit Quantity: 1
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Americana
