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

“The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be? -it is the same the angels breathe.”

― Mark Twain, Roughing It

A first edition of one of the most popular and all-time favorite American travel books, depicting mining life in Nevada in the 1860s! Mark Twain’s ‘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.

Item number: #2856

Price: $499

TWAIN, Mark

Roughing It

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

Details:

•Collation complete with all pages: 592

o300 illustrations throughout

oNotes 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. And similar damage to the printing plates has been noted on the following pages:

•xi. line 1 – M in My is imperfect (instead of perfect)

•19.1 – Y is imperfect (instead of perfect)

•156.10 – capital T in Trees

•156.6 (caption) – ‘thirteenth’ instead of ‘sixteenth’

•242.20/21 – both words missing

•330.23 – “Eastern” instead of ‘eastern’

•ad present on page 592

All of these texts are damaged at some point during the printings; and all are found in random combinations.

•References: BAL 3326, 3337; Howes C486

•Language: English

•Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure

•Size: ~9in X 6in (22.5cm x 15cm)

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