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



“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).



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Item number: #13175

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:

xviii, 644

wanting pages 645 to 651

Illustrated throughout

References: BAL 3316; Melton, Twain, Travel Books

Provenance: Bookplate – Roy Kinnear

Notes on edition: (from BAL)

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

p. 129: Portrait of Napoleon III

p. 430: Correctly reads Chapter LXI

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Size: ~8in X 5.5in (20cm x 14cm)



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