The Innocents Abroad, or the New Pilgrims' Progress
by Twain, Mark, pseud. (Samuel L. Clemens, 1835-1910)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Hamden, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Melbourne: George Robertson, 1871. Cheap Issue [statement in upper left corner on all three volumes). Hardcover. Fair. 3 vols. [6], vii-viii, 9-120, [6], 120-140, [6], 241-383, [1]p. Softcovers in original wrapper.18 cm. A worn set. Bindings weak, lacking significant portions of printed backstrips and with the front cover and first several pages of first volume detached. Some foxing on leaves and page edges. Former owner's name ("Heath Villa" in ink of front covers and title-pages. "Cheap Issue" and "One Shilling" printed in top corners on each front cover. This travel book detailed a trip by Clemens in 1867 aboard the USS Quaker City to Europe and the Holy Land. Clemens was a humorist and there is a fair dose of satire and other forms of humor. More copies of this book appear to have been sold during the author's lifetime than of any of his other books. It seems unlikely that many copies, complete or otherwise, of this cheap three volume Australian edition would have survived.
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- Bookseller
- McBlain Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93573
- Title
- The Innocents Abroad, or the New Pilgrims' Progress
- Author
- Twain, Mark, pseud. (Samuel L. Clemens, 1835-1910)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Cheap Issue [statement in upper left corner on all three volumes
- Publisher
- George Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1871
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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McBlain Books
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Hamden, Connecticut
About McBlain Books
Our second floor shop contains about 15,000 volumes and is open by appointment. Established 1970. We have been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America for over 45 years. While there is a heavy emphasis in our stock on African Americana, Africa, Asia and the Middle East we also buy and sell antiquarian books on other subjects.
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