1880 Mark Twain A Tramp Abroad 1st Canadian ed Travel Illustrated Satire CLASSIC

1880 Mark Twain A Tramp Abroad 1^st Canadian ed Travel Illustrated Satire CLASSIC

“That’s the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don’t care, individuals do.” 

– Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad

This Mark Twain novel “A Tramp Abroad’ is a natural extension of ‘The Innocents Abroad’ as a travel narrative, a return to the Old World. As a cultural document, it is also a natural continuation of the great popular movement of tourism, wherein the ‘innocent’ becomes a ‘tramp’.” (Melton,78). This adventure voyages book is not one of Twain’s finer works, as many readers feel he rambles and lacks a sense of direction, but by writing with a sense of ironic prose and satire, “A Tramp Abroad” is still a desirable and recognizable Twain novel.

Twain’s third travel book describing his month-long trip to central and southern Europe in the summer of 1878 with his friend, Reverend Joseph Twitchell. A very enjoyable and humorous work, in which the author blends autobiography and fiction, facts and tall tales.

Item number: #25911

Price: $499

TWAIN, Mark

A Tramp Abroad

Toronto: Slemin & Higgins, 1880. First Canadian edition (pirated edition!)

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 410, [6]
  • Illustrated throughout
• References: BAL 3386; Melton, Twain, Travel Books
• Provenance: Handwritten – [ C. Snedeker]
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
  • Brown cloth
• Size: ~7.5in X 5.5in (19cm x 13.5cm)

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