The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim's Progress; Being Some Account of the Steamship Quaker City's Pleasure Excursion to Europea nd the Holy Land; with Descriptions of Countries, Nations, Incidents and Adventures, as they Appeared to the Author
Hartford, Conn. American Publishing Company, 1869. Second printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xviii, [1], 20-651, [5] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Recent half brown leather over orange cloth with gold decorations on the spine and a black leather label lettered in gold. Illustrated with a double frontispiece and with several plates and in-text images. BAL 3316. Macdonnell "The Primary First Editions of Mark Twain" 33-34. McBride 7. The second issue according to BAL, although Macdonnell writes in his Firsts article that he believes these variants are not actually issues or states, but printings. Therefore our copy would be the second printing of the first edition. An early Twain publication, one that was incredibly popular upon publication. Very Good. Item #000012637
Minor rubbing to the joints and a modern bookplate on the front pastedown.
Price: $250.00