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TWAIN, Mark. The Innocents Abroad; Or, the New Pilgrim's Progress From the New World to the Old.
London: Ward, Lock, and Co., nd. (188-?) In two parts. ‘Unauthorized edition' so stated on an additional titlepage that reads ‘The Innocents Abroad. By Mark Twain' and repeats the imprint. Small thick 8vo., original red cloth with elaborate pictorial decoration in black, depicting ‘brownies' cavorting, title in gilt, (290); xii, (308), (10)pp. undated ads. Name, some marking on the inside rear hinge, couple of marks on the rear cover, but otherwise this is a near fine copy in an attractive binding.
BAL 3636 noting an edition in wrappers with this imprint and ‘unauthorized edition' but does not note a cloth edition. Not in McBride, Fox, or Merron.
This is a most curious binding as it is decorated with ‘brownies' in black, which really do not relate to the subject matter of the story in any logical way. Our suspicion is that this design might have been influenced by Palmer Cox's Brownie books that were published in the 1880s—but it could also have just been coincidental, with the designer attracted by the ‘brownies' that permeated Scottish folklore. Either way, the binding design is whimsical and quite charming.
$450
TWAIN, Mark. The Innocents Abroad; Or, the New Pilgrim's Progress From the New World to the Old. London: Ward, Lock, and Co., nd. (188-?) In two parts. ‘Unauthorized edition' so stated on an additional titlepage that reads ‘The Innocents Abroad. By Mark Twain' and repeats the imprint. Small thick 8vo., original red cloth with elaborate pictorial decoration in black, depicting ‘brownies' cavorting, title in gilt, (290); xii, (308), (10)pp. undated ads. Name, some marking on the inside rear hinge, couple of marks on the rear cover, but otherwise this is a near fine copy in an attractive binding.
BAL 3636 noting an edition in wrappers with this imprint and ‘unauthorized edition' but does not note a cloth edition. Not in McBride, Fox, or Merron.
This is a most curious binding as it is decorated with ‘brownies' in black, which really do not relate to the subject matter of the story in any logical way. Our suspicion is that this design might have been influenced by Palmer Cox's Brownie books that were published in the 1880s—but it could also have just been coincidental, with the designer attracted by the ‘brownies' that permeated Scottish folklore. Either way, the binding design is whimsical and quite charming.
$450
