1899 Antique Book MARK TWAIN Travel HUMOR Holy Land EGYPT Europe ILLUSTRATED HC

Description: "The Innocents Abroad, or, The New Pilgrim’s Progress" by Mark Twain published by Harper & Brothers, 1899. Hardcover. Original red cloth. Vol 2 (only). This book is Volume 2 of the two-volume set. The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress is a travelogue by American author Mark Twain. Published in 1869. It 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. Excerpt from The Buffalo Morning Express review on August 18, 1869: "Mark Twain has produced a very laughable and enterprising book. No American book of travels, except Ross Browne’s ‘Yusef,’ is written with the same humorous spirit, and certainly none contains so much genuine fun…The book does not profess to instruct, and it does not. It aims to entertain, and it does. There is a genuine American tone about it which is refreshing to see after the snobberies of some other American travellers.” Excerpt from The St. Louis Globe Democrat review on September 6, 1869: “The volume abounds in pleasant incident, racy description, and incongruous scenes, which, depicted by the pen of one who has so keen a perception of the ridiculous and so bold a purpose to expose it, gives a book unusually readable, and with burlesque enough in it to satisfy the veriest lover of the grotesque in Christendom.” Excerpt from Atlantic Monthly review on December, 1869:“The standard shams of travel which everybody sees through suffer possibly more than they ought, but not so much as they might; and on readily forgives the harsh treatment of them in consideration of the novel piece of justice done on such a traveller as suffers under the pseudonym of Grimes. It is impossible also that the quality of the humor should not sometimes be strained in the course of so long a narrative; but the wonder is rather in the fact that it is strained so seldom.” Mark Twain, pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, (born November 30, 1835, Florida, Missouri, U.S.—died April 21, 1910, Redding, Connecticut), was an American humorist, journalist, lecturer, a gifted raconteur, distinctive humorist, and irascible moralist, he transcended the apparent limitations of his origins to become a popular public figure and one of America’s best and most beloved writers. CONDITION: This book is Volume 2 (only) of THE INNOCENTS ABROAD’s two-volume set. This book is in good condition but the cover is worn and scuffed. It has bumped cover corners. Pages have turned yellow from age. There is a bookplate on the paste-down at the front of the book. There are some numbers written on the Title page. The book is an ex-library book. It once belonged to the Saddleback College Library. It has library markings, stamps, and an 'old school' pocket for the checkout card. Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION.

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