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Mark Twain. A Tramp Abroad....
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Description
Mark Twain. A Tramp Abroad. Illustrated By W. Fr. Brown, True Williams, B. Day and Other Artists - With Also Three or Four Pictures Made by the Author of this Book Without Outside Help; In All Three Hundred and Fourteen Illustrations. London: Chatto & Windus, 1880.Second English edition, early one volume English Re-print. Octavo. xxiii, 564 pages. 32 page publisher's catalog at the rear, dated August, 1880. 314 illustrations throughout the text, including the frontispiece.
Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine illustrated in black and lettered in gilt. Publisher's mark in black on the back cover. Illustrated endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, some fraying to the spine, a small tear to the spine, small stains on the back cover, front hinge beginning to crack, small inscription on the verso of the front free endpaper. Altogether a good copy.
The first English edition was offered in two volumes in 1880. BAL 3386.
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2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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