Mark Twain, Roughing It, 1872, 1st/1st/1st Edition, 300 illustrations

"Roughing It", by Mark Twain, published by the American Publishing Company, First Edition, published and copyright 1872; Issued by Subscription Only; illustrated with 2 frontispieces and 300 illustrations including full-page plates.

This copy is the First State of the First Printing with uncorrected errors and unbroken types.(BAL 3326):

1). "M" in "My" page xi is okay;
2). Capital "E" in "eastern" on page 330, line 23;
3). Capital "T" in trees on page 156;
4). "thirteenth" instead of "sixteenth" on page 156;
5). words "he" and "his" are present on page 242;
6). Advertising on page 592

There are several states of the first printing. Most of them have only some of the errors and corrections. There are a very few copies that represent the absolute first state with all of the points.

Hard boards, original publisher's cloth, gold decorations and lettering on spine and front board, (some wear, small damage on top of front board: see photos), the endpapers are creased at the hinges, 5.3/4" x 9; blank + 2 frontispieces with tissue guard + 591 pages + 1 ad + 4 blanks; blue ink stain on bottom of frontispieces and title page [see photo]; stamped number on top of the dedication page, number and vintage college stamp on the 'Contents' page, some soiling, a few c.1/4" edge creases, good/ very good condition.

A rambling reminiscence of the authors journey by overland stage from Missouri to Nevada, together with his sojourns in the latter state, California, and the Hawaiian Islands, in the course of which a projected trip of three months lengthened to one of seven years! The authors delightful humor has taken in its stride "the eternal Spring of San Francisco," the deathless Summer of the Sacramento Valley, "Twain's literary labors for the Golden Era and the Californian, pocket mining" in old Tuolumne, and has endeared him to all confirmed Californians with perhaps the finest and certainly one of the best known descriptions of Mono Lake..."

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Canada: Express (c.5-8 days) --- $61.50
World: Express (c.8-14 days) --- $96.50