1906; 1872 Signed Letter Mark Twain; HillCrest Edition; Harper & Brothers; Leather; Illustrated by Peter Newell; Part of Bigger Set, Complete Selection in Two Vols.; 377, 446 Pages; w5.5"xh7.9"; Extremely Rare!!!

Great For any Travel Fan or of the Famous Author or Collector. Great Gift Idea; Twain was one of the only authors that Tiffany & Co. contributed a Plate contained here in the first volume; Rare early Letter at the end of a year in which he had a daughter born and a baby son die.

Rare Signed Letter pasted into front inner cover;

"Langham Hotel Nov. 7th 1872

To the Editor of "The Echo"  Sir, With your kind permission I desire to say to those Societies in London and other Cities of Great Britain that I have been called home by a Cable Telegram.

I Shall spend the greater part of next year here, with my family, and may be able to lecture a month during the Autumn upon such scientific topics as I know least about and may consequently feel least trammelled in dilating upon. 

Yours Respectfully Mark Twain."

Two Lovely original red marble cover designs with red leather bindings/corners, ornate gold floral bindings, gold tops of pages, marble end pages, with two great frontispieces, one vignette title page by Tiffany and Co., facsimile inscription in each, with four other nice illustrations and a Classic Travelogue from the Legendary Author!!!

SUMMARY:

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 (formerly USS 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 one of the best-selling travel books of all time.

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CONDITION:

Condition is Good/Good+.  Some wear to edges, rubbed hinges/leather edges, would handle with care, darken spines, little blemishing to plates, rest of pages/hinges/text block are very good for 110 years old!!!