Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Part I
"The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress", by Mark Twain – Hartford, 1869 – First Edition, Third Issue – Many Illustrations
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The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark Twain. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869. English. First edition, third issue.
The first edition of Mark Twain's famous travelogue. The book features 16 illustrated plates (wood engravings) – various scenes from the writer's journey, local customs and views of the sites he visited. Many additional in-text illustrations.
There were three issues of the first edition of The Innocents Abroad. This is a third issue copy (with an advertisement on p. [654]). See: Biography of American Literature (BAL) no. 3316.
XVIII, [19]-651, [5] pp. + [16] plates, 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and some tears. Minor worming. Several loose leaves and gatherings. Pen notation on verso of the first plate. Original, gilt-decorated binding. Binding detached and worn. Torn spine (detached from boards).
The first edition of Mark Twain's famous travelogue. The book features 16 illustrated plates (wood engravings) – various scenes from the writer's journey, local customs and views of the sites he visited. Many additional in-text illustrations.
There were three issues of the first edition of The Innocents Abroad. This is a third issue copy (with an advertisement on p. [654]). See: Biography of American Literature (BAL) no. 3316.
XVIII, [19]-651, [5] pp. + [16] plates, 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and some tears. Minor worming. Several loose leaves and gatherings. Pen notation on verso of the first plate. Original, gilt-decorated binding. Binding detached and worn. Torn spine (detached from boards).
Literature - First Editions
Literature - First Editions