Roughing it

VERY GOOD- (minus) 1st Edition / 1st State. (1872) in original black cloth with gilt decoration on cover and spine. FIRST STATE POINTS: 1.) Page 242 *he* and *his* in perfect type (lines 20/21) --- 2.) Page 156 - capital T for Trees (line 10) / footnote has thirteenth instead of sixteenth (line 6 of footnote) --- 3.) Page 330 *Eastern* (line 23) --- 4.) Page 592 full page American Publishing ad --- 5.) Two frontispieces. . . . . . 591 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates + 1 unnumbered page publisher's advertisement : illustrations ; 23 cm. Measures 9 x 5 inches. Gilt on cover is bright and it is dulled than on the spine, corners rubbed. Binding overall is sound with no cracks at the hinges. Front joint has a split in the cloth but the cover remains firmly secured. 3rd front end paper is partially detached. All else if fully secure. Previous owners name in pencil on front end paper. . . . . . . . . Mark Twain left Missouri in 1861 to work with his brother, the Secretary of the Nevada Territory. Twain fell victim to gold fever and went to the Humboldt mines. When prospecting lost its attractions, Clemens found work as a reporter in Virginia City. In 1864, he moved to San Francisco. It was there that he began to establish a reputation as a humorist. Roughing it is his account of his adventures in the Far West. He devotes 20 chapters to the overland journey by boat and stagecoach to Carson City, including several chapters on the Mormons. Next come chronicles of mining life and local politics and crime in Virginia City and San Francisco and even a junket to the Hawaiian Islands. The book closes with his return to San Francisco and his introduction to the lecture circuit

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Publisher: American Publishing Company

Year: 1872

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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