The Complete Travel Books of Mark Twain in two Volumes. Edited with an introduction by Charles Neider.
New York: Doubleday, 1966. First Printing of the First US Edition. Both volumes are Near Fine copies with a bookplate in each volume in Fine dust jackets. "The Complete Travel Books of Mark Twain" is a complete collection of Mark Twain's books on his travels – including 'The Innocents Abroad', 'Roughing It', 'A Tramp Abroad', 'Following the Equator' and "Following the Equator"- presented in two volumes. Based on a series of letters Mark Twain wrote from Europe for San Francisco and New York newspapers as a roving correspondent, The Innocents Abroad, published in 1869, is a caricature of the sentimental travel books popular in the mid-nineteenth century. Mark Twain's fresh and humorous perspective on hallowed European landmarks lacked reverence for the past, and was as mocking about American manners as it was about European attitudes. Item #28747
Price: $375.00