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Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad or the New Pilgrim's Progress. American Publishing Company, 1870.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Early edition, no dust jacket. Hardbound. Illustrated & complete. Back strip separating from spine edge, otherwise good. Fragile. Rare!
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rebound in full black leather with gilt spine title. This early printing is clean and tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 651 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$64.40 + shipping
Description: Hartford, 1870; black cloth covered boards; edge and corner wear with board exposed at corners; spine edges heavily worn; top 6 inches of front joint split; 8vo, 7 3/4"-9 3/4" tall; end papers smudged; Interior is clean and unmarked; 651 pages.
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1870, 651pp + ads, illus., blindstamped black cloth w/ gilt decoration & lettering to front cover & spine, corners lightly bumped, slight shelfwear to cover, spine ends are worn down, covers are beginning to loosen, slight soiling to front ep, about 1/3 of rear free ep has been torn off, owner's name to one of blank pgs at front, binding is stil tight, contents clean.
Seller: Russ States, Oil City, PA, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark.. Innocents Abroad.. American Publishing Company, Hartford, 1870.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 651 pp. 8vo, publisher's gilt cloth. Later edition. Neatly rebacked preserving most of the original spine; slight rubbing to corners of boards; internally fresh and attractive.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good; dark brown hardcover with gilt text on spine. Previous owner's bookplate affixed inside front cover. May have some wear, signs of age and/or limited markings, but is still in solid reading condition. Pasadena's finest new and used bookstore since 1992.
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The Innocents Abroad. American Publishing, Hartford, CN, 1870.
Price: US$99.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Rebound cloth. Early. With 234 illustrations. Double frontis. Cloth soiled/rubbed. Bookplate of Stow S. Persons. Occasional stains, minor foxing. Rear hinge has a tiny wiggle. Pages firm. One ad at end. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 651+ad pages
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: American Publishing Company, 1870. Original binding, gilt decorated board and spine, black cloth. The spine is whole, but loose, ready for rebacking. Chipped at head, edges are rubbed and worn. Text block is good, and sound. Hinges are worn through, but boards are secure. Secured and protected in archival acetate dust jacket.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. Innocents Abroad, or the New Pilgrim's Progress. American Publishing Company, 1870.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Consistent with all of BAL's Third Issue points. Binding tight and square, both hinges starting, corners pushed but only one is rubbed, light rubbing at the base of the spine, very shallow chipping at the top, a few faint damp stains scattered throughout the text block. All of the gilt is fairly fresh.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: xvii, 651 +5pp ads. FIRST EDITION SECOND STATE. Brown gilt-stamped cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Chipping to joints and spine, repairs to joints, corners worn, bubbling to cover, text is clean, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, some internal separation, gilt lettering is still very bright.
Seller: Old Bookshelf, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim's Progress. American Publishing Company, 1870.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Brown cloth over boards. Spine has been repaired, with old spine affixed to new cloth. Edges show some wear. Brown endpapers are a little chipped. Gift inscription on endpaper. Some soiling and foxing. Binding tight. B/W plates and illustrations throughout. Binding tight. A nice solid copy
Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: With 234 illustrations. An early printing. This copy belonged to Ellen E. Ballou and bears her book-plate on the front paste-down. Thick octavo, quarter bound in dark blue leather with marbled boards, gilt lettering and raised bands along the spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon bookmark. An elegant production. Trace edge wear to leather and boards, age dakened endpages, else very good or better. Binding is solid. ; 651 pages
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Fair condition. Ex-school library with bookplate on front endpaper, name stamped at bottom of second frontispiece and pocket removed from back endpaper. Spine tips and cover corners are well worn. Two inch split at top of back cover joint.
Seller: Jerry Merkel, XENIA, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 651pp w/234 illus. An account of the steamship Quaker City's pleasure excursion to Europe and the Holy Land. Corners bumped. Spine has tape repair. Light fdoxing.
Seller: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books, Burke, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: American Publishing Company (et al), 1870. First edition (1869), early issue. Very good. 234 illustrations by Fay & Cox. Double frontispiece. Rubbing at edges of endpapers. Light wear at head and heel, tiny chip at head. Gilt decorated board and spine are not bright, but are clear and only lightly rubbed. Hinges are sound. No former owner marks. A very nice copy of this Twain 'travel classic'. Now in protective archival acetate jacket. Not available for priority/expedited shipping. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 651p. REBOUND. A hardcover book rebound in modern brown leather with new endpapers. Comes in a matching slipcase. Dampstaining along top and bottom edges of all pages. Foxing, smudges, and other small blemishes scattered throughout. Browning and edgewear along the side of pages 33-34 and 47-48. Otherwise, text unmarked and binding tight. A sturdy copy in very good condition as a whole. An early printing of this Twain title. Illustrated with numerous black and white engravings.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: In fair condition. Extremities moderately worn with more moderate scuffing and rubbing to corners. Hinges starting. Extremes chipped with binding exposed. Gilt finishing is somewhat dulled but intact. Light bubbling to cloth. Front gutter nearly cracked. Chipped end papers. Tissue guard to frontispiece is intact. Lightly toned interior, as to be expected. Sporadic foxing throughout. 307-318 pp being held to binding by a thread. Free of ownership and markings. Binding shaken, but intact. Please see photos. First edition, second printing. Famed travel book my Mark Twain published in 1869 which humorously chronicles what Twain called the Great Pleasure Excursion on board the chartered vessel Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of American travelers in 1867. It was one of his best-selling works during his lifetime, as well as being one of the best-selling travel books of all time. RAREA1870BFIK-VAR
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Green boards with green cloth spine wrap.Black paper paste on spine label with gilt lettering design. Illustrated with 234 illustration by Fay & Cox. First Edition, 3rd Issue with the following points: 1) single frontispiece (The Pilgrims' Vision), no tissue guard, 2) drawing of Napoleon III at p. 129 , 3) 5 pp. ads to the rear with top of page 4 " Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant", 4) pages xvii and xviii of the TOC are numbered , 5) last line of TOC ends " Conclusion 638,6) Heading on p. 643 is "Chapter LXI) , 7) "by subscription only notation on TP along with H.H. Bancroft & Co. , San Francisco. Title page is 1870: CR page is 1869. This copy is GOOD to Good +. Edges and tips are rubbed, spine ends just beginning to fray, spine is rubbed , but quite legible. Inside has both hinges cracked, but holding, brown EPs, toned text. Unmarked with scattered foxing throughout.
Seller: Bailey Bonzo Books, Shelbyville, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$282.32 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo. First edition, third issue, including at the end, after page 651, 5 pages advertisements. Original boards, gilt titling and decorations, brown endpapers. Ex libris Henriri Lawrance on endpaper. Illustrated with 234 B&W reproductions of prints, drawings, engravings, many full-page. Spine ends and corners bumped and rubbed, chipped top part of spine; cover soiled, final endpaper cut. Small foxing. Tight and good copy.
Seller: Michal Sawka Books, LONDON, United Kingdom
Twain, Mark. Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrim's Progress. American Publishing, Hartford, 1870.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Dark brown cloth board with embossed design and gold lettering. Spine damaged and hinges cracked, but pages intact. "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." 234 illustrations. Issued by subscription. 5 pages of advertisements at end. 2 lb 8.7 oz
Seller: Clio and Erato Books, Tarrytown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hartford, San Francisco, Et.al.: American Publishing Company, 1870. Twain's second book. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition (Second Issue, with 1870 on TP). Brown publisher's cloth binding, ruled and stamped, with gilt titling and decorations on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 651 pages. This copy has Bancroft on the Title Page and five pages of adverts in the rear. Exceptionally bright and clear textblock. Externally, the covers are worn at the margins and there is a tear to the head of the spine. Old book tape repairs to the tips and spine. A respectable, if not gorgeous, copy of this classic. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Later issue of the first edition: 234 black-and-white plate illustrations; double frontis piece (the tissue guard has a bit of staining but it does not affect the illustrations); 651pp + five pages of ads.; pages xvii and xviii of the table of contents have page numbers; last entry on page xviii ends with the word "conclusion"; engraved portrait of Napoleon III at p.129; heading on p. 643 is "CHAPTER LXI"; third page of printed ads begins with "Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant. Text block is tight and complete. Bit of loss of material at the tips and the foot of the spine. Gilt is bright. The free end page has the name Clapp penciled in.
Seller: A Turn of the Page Books, Fishers, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$479.40 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, Third Printing; Publisher's full black cloth, with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover, tight, wome wear at spine ends; visible reparations at hinges; or. dark brown pastedown in good condition; inscription of a former owner on end paper; inside excellent condition; no reading signs or marks; double frontispieces. Illustrated with 234 B&W reproductions of prints, drawings, etchings qand engravings, many full-page.The book has all the caracteristics of the first edition, third printing, including at the end, after page 651, 5 pages advertisements;
Seller: Magnus, Paris, France
Twain, Mark. Innocents Abroad. American Publishing Company, Connecticut, Hartford, 1870.
Price: US$630.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, second printing. Elegant 3/4 tan leather binding with raised bands, gold rules. Endpapers match the binding cloth
Seller: Frogtown Books, Inc. ABAA, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). THE INNOCENTS ABROAD. AMERICAN PUBLISHING, 1870.
Price: US$749.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: MARK TWAIN 'THE INNOCENTS ABROAD' 1870; AMERICAN PUBLISHING. 234 ILLUSTRATIONS BY FAY & COX. BROWN EMBOSSED BOARDS, GOLD GILT. Front board hinge split. Large book, 651 pp + ADS. Oversized Books, Framed Art, Posters/Prints and International Packages cost of Shipping with Insurance To Be Determined. When paying with a credit card, AbeBooks External payment service fee will be requested for this item. The ipi House Archive Shop also allows payment by other methods; PayPal, etc. Thank you.
Seller: The ipi House Archive Shop, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover, double frontispieces. Illustrated with 234 B&W reproductions of prints, drawings, etchings qand engravings, many full-page. First edition, third printing: Pages xvii and xviii have their page numbers; the last entry on page xviii ends with the word "conclusion"; the engraved portrait of Napoleon III appears at page129; the heading on page 643 is "CHAPTER LXI"; the third page of the printed ads begins with "Illustrated History of the Bible." [McBride pg. 8]. The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain published in 1869 which humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of American travelers in 1867. It was the best-selling of Twain's works during his lifetime, as well as being one of the best-selling travel books of all time. . Head and heel worn with slight loss, corners mildly worn, front hinge starting, unmarked, tight, and clean. VERY GOOD. . 234 Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xviii, 651, (5-adverts) pp
Seller: Round Table Books, LLC, Palatine, IL, U.S.A.