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A Tramp Abroad
by TWAIN, Mark [pseud.; Samuel Clemens]
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1897. Reprint. Large octavo (23cm). Brown cloth, stamped in gilt on front and spine, all edges sprinkled red; plain endpapers; [i]-xvi [17]-631,[1]pp; full-page and in-text wood engravings throughout. Mildly cocked, spine sunned, wear to corners, Good or better.
The fourth of Twain's travel narratives, in a subscription issue that coincided with the publication of the sequel More Tramps Abroad. This issue not recorded in BAL or MCBRIDE.
The fourth of Twain's travel narratives, in a subscription issue that coincided with the publication of the sequel More Tramps Abroad. This issue not recorded in BAL or MCBRIDE.
Synopsis
A Tramp Abroad is a work of non-fiction travel literature by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on his closest friend, Joseph Twichell), through central and southern Europe. While the stated goal of the journey is to walk most of the way, the men find themselves using other forms of transport as they traverse the continent.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58887
- Title
- A Tramp Abroad
- Author
- TWAIN, Mark [pseud.; Samuel Clemens]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- American Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Date Published
- 1897
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature Before 1900;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Octavo
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