Roughing It by Mark Twain, First American Edition, Later State, 1872

Twain, Mark, Roughing It. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1872. First American Edition, Later State. Illustrated throughout, with plates and in-text. In publisher’s black cloth front board and spine stamped in gilt. Presented in a new archival slipcase.  This is a first American edition, later state of Mark Twain’s Roughing It. The book was published in 1872 by the American Publishing Company. This book of semi-autobiographical travel literature was written during 1870–71 and published in 1872 as a prequel to Twain’s first book The Innocents Abroad. His second major work, the book is loosely based on Twain traveling West to dig for wealth in the rocks of Nevada and finding it instead as a writer and entertainer. It is presented here in the publisher’s black cloth front board and spine, stamped in gilt, rebacked in new cloth, with a new archival slipcase.  As a narrative that travels west through Nevada, California, and ultimately Hawaii, the book was written and advertised as a