Roughing It by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) Fully Illustrated by Eminent Artists (Issued by Subscription Only, and Not For Sale in Book Stores) by Twain, Mark - 1872

Hartford, Conn: American Publishing Company, 1872. Hardcover. Good. Imprint continued: "F.G. Gilman & Co., Chicago, Ill.; W.E. Bliss, Toledo, Ohio; Nettleton & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; D. Ashmead, Philadelphia, Penn.; J. W. Goodspeed, new Orleans, La.; A. Roman & Company, San Francisco, Cal." xviii, [19]-591, [1] p.: frontispieces, 7 leaves of plates (often described as 2 frontispieces and 6 plates), and many in-text drawings; 23 cm. Original publisher's dark brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and front cover illustration with title. Blind-stamped borders and corner ornaments on both boards; blind-stamped publisher's emblem on back board. No dust jacket (as issued). Peach endpapers. Publisher's advertisement on one page following text. One plate is bound in facing the frontispiece; they are separated by a tissue guard. This is the first edition, in a mixed state, containing first issue points and one second issue point. First issue points present are: p. 156 a capital "T" in "Trees" and "thirteenth" rather than "sixteenth"; capital "E" in "Eastern" on p. 330; and an advertisement on the page following the text. A partial second state point is the lack of the word "his" on p. 242, but still containing "he" on the line above. Howes, C 481; BAL, 3337, which notes that no sequence has been established for the variant imprints listing various agents for the sale of the book. In Good Condition: edges are rubbed, corners rubbed through; minor loss at ends of spine; cloth has separated along front joint (as is common with this binding); clean and solid.