Mark Twain, Tramp Abroad 1stEd. 1880 illustrated
"A Tramp Abroad" by Mark Twain, first edition published by American Publishing Company, Hartford in 1880, Sold by Subscription Only, "Illustrated by W.Fr. Brown, True Williams, B. Day and other artists - with also three or four pictures made by the author of this book, without outside help; in all three hundred and twenty-eight illustrations." First edition, frontispiece second state with "Titian's Moses"
First Edition of this volume of humorous sketches, observations and digressions occasioned by the Clemens family's trip to Europe from Spring 1878 until Autumn 1879. Their travels took them primarily through Germany and Switzerland, with final stops in France and Italy. Twain's 1878 humorous record of his trip through Europe. Twain mentioned that "One day it occurred to me that it had been many years since the world had been afforded the spectacle of a man adventurous enough to undertake a journey through Europe on foot. After much thought, I decided that I was a person fitted to furnish to mankind this spectacle."
"Mark Twain (1835-1910) pseudonym. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American author, b. Florida, Mo. As humorist, narrator, and social observer, Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. His novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," a masterpiece of humor, characterization, and realism, has been called the first (and sometimes the best) modern American novel.
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) ------- $12.50
Canada: Priority (c. 2-6 weeks) - $27.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) --- $37.50
Condition Report: Original publisher's hard cover, collector's leather spine with five raised bands and label (see photos); frontispiece is the state "B" [frontis has c.2" long separation crease from the binding]; Mark Twain's portrait on special thick paper; 6" x 9"; front endpaper is stained and creased at the edges; page 29 has c.1" long crease; 631 pages and the advertising for "The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrim's Progress" on the page 632, very little soiling, good++/ very good condition.
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"A Tramp Abroad" by Mark Twain, first edition published by American Publishing Company, Hartford in 1880, Sold by Subscription Only, "Illustrated by W.Fr. Brown, True Williams, B. Day and other artists - with also three or four pictures made by the author of this book, without outside help; in all three hundred and twenty-eight illustrations." First edition, frontispiece second state with "Titian's Moses"
First Edition of this volume of humorous sketches, observations and digressions occasioned by the Clemens family's trip to Europe from Spring 1878 until Autumn 1879. Their travels took them primarily through Germany and Switzerland, with final stops in France and Italy. Twain's 1878 humorous record of his trip through Europe. Twain mentioned that "One day it occurred to me that it had been many years since the world had been afforded the spectacle of a man adventurous enough to undertake a journey through Europe on foot. After much thought, I decided that I was a person fitted to furnish to mankind this spectacle."
"Mark Twain (1835-1910) pseudonym. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American author, b. Florida, Mo. As humorist, narrator, and social observer, Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. His novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," a masterpiece of humor, characterization, and realism, has been called the first (and sometimes the best) modern American novel.
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) ------- $12.50
Canada: Priority (c. 2-6 weeks) - $27.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) --- $37.50
Condition Report: Original publisher's hard cover, collector's leather spine with five raised bands and label (see photos); frontispiece is the state "B" [frontis has c.2" long separation crease from the binding]; Mark Twain's portrait on special thick paper; 6" x 9"; front endpaper is stained and creased at the edges; page 29 has c.1" long crease; 631 pages and the advertising for "The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrim's Progress" on the page 632, very little soiling, good++/ very good condition.
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