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The Innocents Abroad or the New Pilgrims' Progress
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Company, 1870. First Edition, Second State . Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. . xvii, 651 +5pp ads. FIRST EDITION SECOND STATE. Brown gilt-stamped cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Chipping to joints and spine, repairs to joints, corners worn, bubbling to cover, text is clean, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, some internal separation, gilt lettering is still very bright.
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- Bookseller
- Old Bookshelf
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004273
- Title
- The Innocents Abroad or the New Pilgrims' Progress
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second State
- Publisher
- American Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1870
- Pages
- 651
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature and Fiction; Travel and Geography;
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About the Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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