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Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad,...
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Mark Twain. 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. (Issued by Subscription Only, and Not for Sale in the Book-Stores. Residents of Any State Desiring a Copy Should Address the publishers, and an Agent Will Call Upon Them.). Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, 1899.1899 restrike of 1869 first edition, third issue. Octavo. x, 651 pages. 234 illustrations throughout the text, including two frontispieces and several illustrated plates.
Publisher's blind-stamped black cloth covers with the front cover and spine illustrated and lettered in gilt. Very light rubbing to the covers, very slight bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, very minor fraying to the foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy.
This intriguing work was Samuel Clemens's best seller during his lifetime. Some notes which point to this being a restrike of the third printing are: the last entry on xviii is Thankless Devotion - A Newspaper Valedictory - Conclusion [leaders] 638; the portrait of Napoleon III is on page 126, not 129; Chapter LXI begins on 643. With Two Hundred and Thirty-Four Illustrations. By Mark Twain, (Samuel L. Clemens.) (Issued by Subscription Only, and Not for Sale in the Book-Stores. Residents of Any State Desiring a Copy Should Address the publishers, and an Agent Will Call Upon Them.). Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, 1899.
1899 restrike of 1869 first edition, third issue. Octavo. x, 651 pages. 234 illustrations throughout the text, including two frontispieces and several illustrated plates.
Publisher's blind-stamped black cloth covers with the front cover and spine illustrated and lettered in gilt. Very light rubbing to the covers, very slight bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, very minor fraying to the foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy.
This intriguing work was Samuel Clemens's best seller during his lifetime. Some notes which point to this being a restrike of the third printing are: the last entry on xviii is Thankless Devotion - A Newspaper Valedictory - Conclusion [leaders] 638; the portrait of Napoleon III is on page 126, not 129; Chapter LXI begins on 643.
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2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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