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The innocents abroad or, The new Pilgrims' progress; being some account of the steamship Quaker City's pleasure excursion to Europe and the Holy Land
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- Creator
- by Mark Twain ; With an introduction by Edward Wagenknecht and illustrations by Fritz Kredel
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- English
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- New York : Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the Thistle Press, 1962
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- xvii, 499 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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- ocm02116118
- Limited ed. of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator.
- "Designed by George Salter ... printed ... by Clarke and Way at The Thistle Press ... The illustrations have been drawn by Fritz Kredel, and hand-colored in the Walter Fischer Studio."--Colophon.
- "The fifth, in this Thirtieth Series of fine books made for the members of this Club ... 61 color illustrations, and the colors have been applied by hand, through stencils ... The text is set in the 11-point size of Monotype Bell. The composition and printing were done at The Thistle Press on a toned laid paper specially made for this book by the Curtis Paper Company ... The binding is decorated paper over boards, the peacock-tail marble pattern having been applied by hand by Douglas Cockerell & Son of England; and the backstrip is a fine red linen buckram, stamped in gold, with a leather label for the title and with vignettes by Mr. Kredel."--Publisher's announcement.
- Issued in a slipcase.