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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
by Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869. First Edition, First Issue 1st Printing. Brown Cloth. Very Good. 9 1/16" Tall. Two Hundred and Thirty-Four Illustrations. Xviii, 19- 651 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. Scarce First Issue With All First Issue Points: American Publishing Company On Spine And At Top Of Publisher's Info On Title Page; 1869 Date On Title And Copyright Pages; No Illustration Of Napoleon Iii On P. 129; Missing Page Numbers In Table Of Contents Pp Xvii-Xviii; P. 643 Shows "Chapter Xli"; Text Ends P. 651 Followed By 5 Pages Of Ads With Personal History" On 3Rd Page Of Ads. Original Embossed Brown Cloth Covers With Original Spine With Gilt Lettering And Design, Gilt Present, Bright And Clear, But Not Entirely Brilliant, Professionally And Attractively Re-Backed In 2010 By Heritage Bindery Using The Original Boards And Backstrip From This Copy, Laying Down The Spine Over New Cloth With Some Minor Professional Repairs To The Edges. Small Triangular Loss Of Original Cloth At Bottom Of Spine, Also A Little At The Top, With Resulting Loss Of A Small Amount Of The Original Gilt Border At Top And Bottom Of Spine. New Brown Endpapers. Very Solid, Very Attractively Restored.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019326
- Title
- 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
- Author
- Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
- Illustrator
- Two Hundred and Thirty-Four Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Brown Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Issue 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- American Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Date Published
- 1869
- Size
- 9 1/16" Tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare And Unusual Books; Literature: Nineteenth Century;
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Arroyo Seco Books
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Pasadena, California
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