A Tramp Abroad
by Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Hartford/London: American Publishing Company/Chatto & Windus, 1880. Usually considered to be a sequel to "Innocents Abroad," and is another massive undertaking. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the First Edition. Brown cloth binding, ruled, with decorative figure and titling in gilt on the front cover and spine. Clean text; xvi, 631 pages, with a one-page advert for "Innocents Abroad" on the last page. 328 illustrations by various artists "with also three or four pictures made by the author of this book, without outside help." This is the Second Issue, with one of the frontis illustrations labeled as "Titian's Moses." Contemporary signature on the FFEP; inscription in the same hand (1884) on the next endpaper. Bumped and rubbed at head and foot of spine. Floodmark on lower front cover that has also affected the frontis engraving of Twain. The main issue is a cracked front gutter. Although holding, this makes the book feel rather loose; Quercus suggests some minor reinforcement to preserve this classic of American literature.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005113
- Title
- A Tramp Abroad
- Author
- Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- American Publishing Company/Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- Hartford/London
- Date Published
- 1880
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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