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Innocents Abroad, or the New Pilgrims' Progress;: Beng some account of the steamship Quaker City's pleasure excursion to Europe and the Holy Land; with descriptions of countries, nations, incidents and adventures, as they appeared to the author. With two hundred and thirty-four illustrations. By Mark Twa
by TWAIN, Mark
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Conneticut: American Publishing Company, 1869. The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress; Being some account of the Steamship Quaker City's pleasure excursion to Europe and the Holy Land; With descriptions of countries, nations, incidents and adventures, as they appeared to the author. With two hundred and thirty-four illustrations. Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1869.
First edition, second issue. Page numbers are present for xvii-xviii.; Last entry on p. xviii reads "Thankful Devotion-A Newspaper Valedictory-Conclusion."; Illustration on p. 129; P. 643 shows "Chapter LXI"; Text ends on p. 651 followed by five pages of ads with "Personal History" on p. 654.
Octavo. xviii, [19]-651, [5, publisher's advertisements] pp. Two frontispieces and fourteen inserted plates, text illustrations.
Original publisher's half brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine with five raised bands. All edges marbled. Hinges cracked but sound. Extremities and corners rubbed, edges bumped. A very good copy.
BAL 3316.
HBS 67622
$1,000.
First edition, second issue. Page numbers are present for xvii-xviii.; Last entry on p. xviii reads "Thankful Devotion-A Newspaper Valedictory-Conclusion."; Illustration on p. 129; P. 643 shows "Chapter LXI"; Text ends on p. 651 followed by five pages of ads with "Personal History" on p. 654.
Octavo. xviii, [19]-651, [5, publisher's advertisements] pp. Two frontispieces and fourteen inserted plates, text illustrations.
Original publisher's half brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine with five raised bands. All edges marbled. Hinges cracked but sound. Extremities and corners rubbed, edges bumped. A very good copy.
BAL 3316.
HBS 67622
$1,000.
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- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67622
- Title
- Innocents Abroad, or the New Pilgrims' Progress;
- Author
- TWAIN, Mark
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- American Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Conneticut
- Date Published
- 1869
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books|Nineteenth-Century Literature
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