"The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrim's 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, "1874" is imprinted on the bottom of the title page, copyright 1869, later printing of the first edition with all errors corrected. The picture of Napoleon III and printer's mark "9" on page 129 are present.

Twain's second book contains observations during a pleasure trip to The Holy Land, Egypt, Crimea, Greece and intermediate places, France, Italy, Turkey, Morocco, Gibraltar.

"This book is a record of a pleasure-trip. If it were a record of a solemn scientific expedition, it would have about it that gravity, that profundity, and that impressive incomprehensibility which are so proper to works of that kind, and withal so attractive. Yet notwithstanding it is only a record of a pic-nic, it has a purpose, which is, to suggest to the reader how he would be likely to see Europe and the East of he looked at them with his own eyes instead of the eyes of those who traveled in those countries before him. I make small pretense of showing any one how he ought to look at objects of interest beyond the sea--other books do that, and therefore, even if I were competent to do it, there is no need.

I offer no apologies for any departures from the usual style of travel-writing that may be charged against me --for I think I have seen with impartial eyes, and I am sure I have written at least honestly, whether wisely or not. In this volume I have used portions of letters which I wrote for the "Daily Alta California", of San Francisco, the proprietors of that journal having waived their rights and given me the necessary permission. I have also inserted portions of several letters written for the New York "Tribune" and the New York "Herald. The Author, San Francisco, 1869." [MT]

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Hard boards, original cloth (some wear); name inside cover, the endpapers are creased at the hinges; 5.3/4" x 8.3/4"; 234 illustrations including many full-page plates, 651 pages + some unnumbered plates, + 5 pages, some soiling, very good binding and condition. [l5ob]