A tramp abroad
By: by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) ; illustrated by W. Fr. Brown, True Williams, B. Day and other artists, with also three or four pictures made by the author of this book, without outside help ...
Contributors: Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress); Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: American Pub. Co.; Chatto & Windus
Published: 1880
Place of publication: Hartford, Conn; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 631
Subjects: Americans -- Europe -- Fiction; Walking -- Fiction; Europe -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Twain's account of traveling in Europe. A Tramp Abroad sparkles with the author's shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture. A Tramp Abroad includes among its adventures a voyage by raft down the Neckar and an ascent of Mont Blanc by telescope, as well as the author's attempts to study art.
Notes: BAL 3386
BAL lists 2 states of the frontispiece, and 2 states of the cover stamping. The sheets of the text block bulk either 1 3/8" or 1 5/8". Some copies have a code number stamped on lower cover. Original printing of frontispiece port. showed "spots". Cf. Johnson, M. Bibliography of the works of Mark Twain, 1909, p. 51.
"Sold by subscription only."
Publisher's advertisement on p. [632].
LC copy has library binding, with frontispiece ill. in 2nd state. Sheets bulk 1 5/8". All typographical errors listed in BAL. Frontispiece port. without "spots".
Source: Copyright deposit, 1880.