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Roughing It
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
Hartford: American Publishing. Fair with no dust jacket. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth stamped in gilt. First issue. Has first edition points: double frontis (detached, laid in, with tape to verso) , ad p. 592, Capital E in Eastern p. 330; Capital T for trees p. 156; 13th not 16th p. 156; "his" p. 242. Shaken, points/edges exposed, spine ends frayed, spine head split 3cm, rear board loose, front hinge cracked. Plate p. 176 laid in. Rough copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was written during 1870–71 and published in 1872 as a prequel to his first book Innocents Abroad. This book tells of Twain's adventures prior to his pleasure cruise related in Innocents Abroad. Roughing It follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–1867.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39681
- Title
- Roughing It
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- American Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Date Published
- 1872
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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