A tramp abroad. Chapter XLIV, Ascending of Mont Blanc : original autograph manuscript / Mark Twain. [1879-1880]

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A tramp abroad. Chapter XLIV, Ascending of Mont Blanc : original autograph manuscript / Mark Twain. [1879-1880]

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Original manuscript of chapter 44 of A tramp abroad, Samuel L. Clemens's (Mark Twain's) account of his sojourn of nearly a year and a half in Europe, written in the form of a burlesque walking tour. In this text, the author recounts a climbing expedition to Mont Blanc. With numerous revisions, deletions, and marginal notes. Paginated 1915-1954 by Clemens and the chapter number has been changed from "55" to "44" by him. Includes printed title page, printed page with text "Pages from original edition" followed by p. 512-526 of same, and a portrait of the author signed "Elson, Boston" and dated 1891, as a frontispiece.

[40] leaves : 1 port. ; 20 cm.

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