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1872 Mark Twain 1st ed / 1st Roughing It American Wild West Nevada Gold Rush

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1872 Mark Twain 1st ed / 1st Roughing It American Wild West Nevada Gold Rush

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1872 Mark Twain 1st ed / 1st Roughing It American Wild West Nevada Gold Rush

â€œThe air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldnt it be? -it is the same the angels breathe.”

â€• Mark Twain, Roughing It

A first edition first state of one of the most popular and all-time favorite American travel books, depicting mining life in Nevada in the 1860s! Mark Twains Roughing It was written as a prequel to his first novel, The Innocents Abroad. It follows Mark Twain himself throughout his journey through the Wild West during the Gold Rush. This first edition meets the first state edition points as indicated below.

Item number: #22337

Price: $499

TWAIN, Mark

Roughing It

Hartford, Conn.: American Pub. Co., 1872. First edition. early State.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

xviii, 19-591, [1]

300 illustrations throughout

Notes on edition:

BAL distinguishes between the first and second states by the presence of two words on page 242 (first state) or their absence (second state). However, copies are found with just one word present:

xi. line 1 â€“ M in My is imperfect

19.1 â€“ Y is imperfect (expected)

156.10 â€“ capital T in Trees

156.6 (caption) â€“ thirteenth instead of sixteenth

242.20/21 â€“ he lacking from line 20; his lacking from line 21

330.23 â€“ â€œEastern” instead of eastern

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References: BAL 3326, 3337; Howes C 481

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

Brown cloth

Size: ~9in X 6.25in (22.5cm x 15.5cm)

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