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1869 1sted Mark Twain The Innocents Abroad Travel guide
1869 1sted Mark Twain The Innocents Abroad Travel guide
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1869 1st ed Mark Twain The Innocents Abroad Travel Guide Holy Land Illustrated



“One must travel, to learn.”

– Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad



This famous Mark Twain novel, “The Innocents Abroad”, was an important novel in the history of ‘subscription only’ books. This book was huge – comparatively speaking – to the size of other books. When first printed, it resembled the size of a desk dictionary and gave the buyer a sense of ‘more for your money’ because of its girth. It is considered Twain’s first real success and is described as a travel (or anti-travel, perhaps) book and is one of the best-selling travel books of all time. (Melton).



This first edition meets all the expected edition points listed below.



Item number: #5243

Price: $499



TWAIN, Mark



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 the countries, nations, incidents, and adventures as they appeared to the author : with two hundred and thirty-four illustrations



Hartford, Conn. : American Pub. Co., 1869. [and 5 others] : San Francisco, Cal. : H.H. Bancroft and Co., 1869. First edition.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

xviii, [19]-651, [5 ads]

234 illustrations throughout

References: BAL 3316; Melton, Twain, Travel Books

Notes on edition: (from BAL)

pp. xvii-xviii: page reference numbers are present in table of contents

p. xviii: The last entry reads: Thankless Devotion—A Newspaper Valedictory—Conclusion…….638

p. 129: Portrait of Napoleon III (not included in first state)

labeled ‘9’

p. : Chapter XLI. (corrected from first state)

p. : “Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant” at top)

Language: English

Binding: Cloth hardcover; tight and secure

Size: ~9in X 6in (22.5cm x 15cm)



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