"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 234 illustrations, by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens), Issued by Subscription Only, First Edition, First Printing with "1869" on the title page and copyright, later state with all errors corrected.

Hard boards, original decorative publisher's cloth stamped in gold, [some wear: see photos]; 5.3/4" x 9"; "Geo A. Backsdale July 1st 1893" is pencil written inside cover, additional inscription dated 1893 on the front endpaper [see photo]; 234 illustrations including many full-page plates, 651 pages + 5-page publisher's advertising, a little soiling and wear, very good condition.

Points of Printing:

pages xvii-xviii with page reference numbers;
page xviii with last entry reading: Thankless Devotion - A Newspaper Valedictory-Conclusion
page 129 'Napoleon' illustration and printer's mark "9" are present;
page 643 reading 'Chapter LXI';
"Personal History..." on page 654
"History of Bible", page 655

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