xviii: The last entry reads: Thankless Devotion A Newspaper Valedictory Conclusion p. First edition Details: Collation: Complete with all pages xviii, 651, 234 illustrations throughout References: BAL 3316 Melton, Twain, Travel Books Notes on edition: (from BAL) p. Item number: #15025 Price: $750 TWAIN, Mark The innocents abroad, or, The new Pilgrim's progress: being some account of the steamship Quaker City's pleasure excursion to Europe and the Holy Land, with descriptions of the countries, nations, incidents, and adventures as they appeared to the author: with two hundred and thirty-four illustrations Hartford, Conn.: American Pub. See below for the first edition points found in this example. It is considered Twain s first real success and is described as a travel (or anti-travel, perhaps) book and is one of the best-selling travel books of all time. When first printed, it resembled the size of a desk dictionary and gave the buyer a sense of more for your money because of its girth. This book was huge comparatively speaking to the size of other books. Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad This famous Mark Twain novel, The Innocents Abroad, was an important novel in the history of subscription only books. 1869 1st ed Mark Twain Innocents Abroad Illustrated Travel Guide Holy Land One must travel, to learn. 651 followed by five pages of ads with 'Personal History' on p. xviii reads 'Thankful Devotion-A Newspaper Valedictory-Conclusion.' Illustration on p. Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1869.

The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims Progress 'Being some account of the Steamship Quaker City's pleasure excursion to Europe and the Holy Land With descriptions of countries, nations, incidents and adventures, as they appeared to the author' With two hundred and thirty-four illustrations. Extremities and corners rubbed, edges bumped.First 4 pages off from the spine but in good shape. Original publisher's half brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine with five raised bands. Two frontispieces and fourteen inserted plates, text illustrations. 1890, First Edition of ' The Innocents Abroad' TWAIN, Mark.

The innocents abroad first edition