Mark Twain A Tramp Abroad

Mark,Twain: A Tramp Abroad, RANDOM HOUSE, Oktober 2003 ISBN: 0812970039
In A Tramp Abroad, Mark Twain's unofficial sequel to The Innocents Abroad, the author records his hilarious and diverse observations and insights while on a fifteen-month walking trip through Central Europe and the Alps. Here you have Twain's inimitable mix, writes Dave Eggers in his Introduction, of the folksy and the effortlessly erudite, his unshakable good sense and his legendary wit, his knack for the easy relation of a perfect anecdote, and some achingly beautiful nature writing. This Modern Library Paperback Classic reproduces the text of the first American edition and features new explanatory notes and a critical Afterword by Kerry Driscoll, professor of English at Saint Joseph College in Connecticut.

NEUBUCH! 203 mm x 134 mm x 27 mm

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Twain, Mark: A Tramp Abroad, RANDOM HOUSE, Oktober 2003 ISBN: 9780812970036

Sofort lieferbar! Restauflage in gutem Zustand. Rechnung mit MwSt. Kartoniert / Broschiert, 400 S., 20,3cm x 13,4cm x 2,7cm, In "A Tramp Abroad," Mark Twain's unofficial sequel to "The Innocents Abroad," the author records his hilarious and diverse observations and insights while on a fifteen-month walking trip through Central Europe and the Alps. "Here you have Twain's inimitable mix," writes Dave Eggers in his Introduction, "of the folksy and the effortlessly erudite, his unshakable good sense and his legendary wit, his knack for the easy relation of a perfect anecdote, and some achingly beautiful nature writing." This Modern Library Paperback Classic reproduces the text of the first American edition and features new explanatory notes and a critical Afterword by Kerry Driscoll, professor of English at Saint Joseph College in Connecticut.

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Twain, Mark: The Prince and the Pauper, The Innocents Abroad & The New Pilgrim's Progress, The Gilded Age, Sketches, The 1,000,000 Bank-Note, Tom Sawyer Detective, A Tramp Abroad, [Uniform Library Edition of Mark Twain's Works, in 7 volumes] , London Published by Chatto & Windus , 1920-1922
small octavo, 18 x 13 cm
Twain, Mark, The Prince and the Pauper, The Innocents Abroad & The New Pilgrim's Progress, The Gilded Age, Sketches, The 1, 000, 000 Bank-Note, Tom Sawyer Detective, A Tramp Abroad, [Uniform Library Edition of Mark Twain's Works, in 7 volumes]

, 7 uniform volumes from a set of 22 volumes, each with 250+ pages New impression small octavo, 18 x 13 cm Hardback , covers lightly marked and faded in places, spines sunned and one with gilt faded, rubbed at corners and spine ends, one with binding loosely attached, previous owner's details or stamps at front, pages tanned around edges but text clean, books in good condition , red cloth with blindstamped pattern on front, gilt titles on front and spine

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Twain, Mark (that is Samuel Langhorne Clemens). A Tramp Abroad. Hartford, Conn./London, Amercian Publishing Co./Chatto & Windus, 1880.
[BAL 3386; Johnson, p. 33]

8°. XVI, 631, pages with 1 additional page of advertising for Mark Twain's "The Innocents Abroad". Original, blindstamped publishers cloth with illustrated spine and front board (Wandering Tramp with umbrella, pipe and stick). First Edition, First Impression with "MOSES" on frontispiece. With the inserted portrait of Mark Twain by J.A.J.Wilcox before the frontispiece. Spine slightly faded, extremities lightly rubbed, starting cracks on inside hinge (front and back), but still tight and fully attached. Contemporary preowner-signature and date on the front fly-leaf. A fine copy of one of Twain's most popular books, with illustrations by W.Fr.Brown, Williams, B. Day and other artists "with also three or four pictures made by the author of this book, without outside help".

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