'I am a person who would quit authorizing in a minute to go to piloting, ' Mark Twain once remarked. 'I would rather sink a steamboat than eat, any time.' And in 1882, Twain did just that: he returned to the river of his youth as a mature writer determined to expand seven articles which he had serialized in The Atlantic Monthly in 1875 into the definitive travelogue on the great Mississippi. Although Life on the Mississippi was not commercially successful when first published in May 1883, it is the work that Twain later ...
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'I am a person who would quit authorizing in a minute to go to piloting, ' Mark Twain once remarked. 'I would rather sink a steamboat than eat, any time.' And in 1882, Twain did just that: he returned to the river of his youth as a mature writer determined to expand seven articles which he had serialized in The Atlantic Monthly in 1875 into the definitive travelogue on the great Mississippi. Although Life on the Mississippi was not commercially successful when first published in May 1883, it is the work that Twain later claimed was the favorite among his books. Twain's rich portrait of the Mississippi also marks a distinctive transition in the life of the nation, from the boom years preceding the Civil War to the sober times that followed. Yet it is infused with the irreverent humor that was his trademark. 'Mark Twain was the first writer who ever used the American vernacular at the level of art, ' said Bernard de Voto. 'He had a greater effect than any other writer on the evolution of American prose.'
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Add this copy of Gudgekin the Thistle Girl and Other Tales to cart. $8.00, very good condition, Sold by Gils Book Loft rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Binghamton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Art by Michael Sporn. Near Fine in Good++ jacket. pp. 59. 35486 CF shelf. NOT ex-library. Gold-stamped brown cloth spine w/ pumpkin bds. Boys' Club stamp FEP, clean text. Attr. dust jacket w/ 5" closed tear front panel. By the author of Nickel Mountain.
Add this copy of Gudgekin the Thistle Girl and Other Tales to cart. $10.00, good condition, Sold by Crabtree's Collection rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sebago, ME, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Knopf.
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Michael Sporn. G. All day long Gudgekin gathered thistles & bringing them back to her stepmother who was not satisfied. Binding discolored, Remainder mark.
Add this copy of Gudgekin the Thistle Girl and Other Tales to cart. $15.00, good condition, Sold by Bay Used Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sudbury, ON, CANADA, published 1976 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Sporn, Michael. Good in Fair jacket. Good Condition. Moderate wear. Binding fairly tight, pages clean. Dust Jacket has Heavy wear, Tears and chipping present. Pictures available upon request.
Add this copy of Gudgekin the Thistle Girl and Other Tales to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by Dorley House Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hagerstown, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Alfred A Knopf.
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Sporn, Michael. Very Good in Very Good jacket. 4 vo. dj w/unclipped price in mylar; grey c w/rust boards; lite sunning; owner's plate; 59 clean, unmarked pages.
Add this copy of Gudgekin the Thistle Girl and Other Tales to cart. $17.62, good condition, Sold by Last Century Used Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Columbus, NE, UNITED STATES, published 1976.
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Good. 1976 HB w/Dustjacket, d1 Very Good Ex-library wear to Dj at edges small tear top library tagged Illustrated by Michael Sporn Includes: Title story, The Griffin and the Wise Old Philosopher, The Shape-Shifters of Shorm, The Sea Gulls. ISBN: 0-39483-2760.
Add this copy of Gudgekin the Thistle Girl and Other Tales to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hadley, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Advance review copy w/ publisher's slip laid in. Illustrated by Michael Sporn. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Add this copy of Gudgekin the Thistle Girl and Other Tales to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Very Good in Good jacket. First edition. Very good in good dustwrapper. Hardcover has bumped corners, dustwrapper chipped at spine and corners. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his signature on his personalized bookplate on front paste down. N.a.p. (fairy tales)
