Lot 100
1872 Roughing It by Mark Twain Illustrated FIRST EDITION
1872 Roughing It by Mark Twain Illustrated FIRST EDITION
Starting Bid: $250
(0 Bids)Published by American Publishing Company, Hartford, Conn, 1872. First edition. Illustrated by eminent artists. 591pp. wain's humorous travelogue of his journey to the Wild West and Hawaii. Twain had just served briefly as a militiaman in the Confederacy but quickly left before deciding to pay a visit to his brother, who had been made secretary of the Nevada Territory. Though the book was published in 1872, it was actually based on experiences Twain had between the early and mid 1860s. It's one of Twain's earliest published books. Noted critic William Dean Howells wrote, in a contemporary review in The Atlantic: "A thousand anecdotes, relevant and irrelevant, embroider the work; excursions and digressions of all kinds are the very woof of it, as it were; everything far-fetched or near at hand is interwoven, and yet the complex is a sort of "harmony of colors" which is not less than triumphant." And here's a fun tidbit, Chuck Jones (creator of The Road Runner cartoon) based Wile E. Coyote on a description of a coyote from this book: "a long, slim, sick and sorry-looking skeleton" that is "a living, breathing allegory of Want. He is always hungry." Zamorano 80. Please ask specific questions on details, condition, and shipping prior to bidding, ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS, and the bidder will be responsible for payment. We box and ship what we can to keep costs low, and use USPS and UPS. Large items, extremely fragile, and high value items will be packed by UPS. Quotes available on request
- Dimensions: 6.25" x 9"
- Condition: Very Good Condition with no missing or torn pages. The cover has some damage on the spine
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