NMLP P-020940 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Innocents Abroad

Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) · American Publishing Co. (Hartford) · 1869

US true first, issued by subscription. This was Twain's first major book under his own name. Earliest copies show the 1869 dating on title and copyright leaves and the first-state contents and advertisement points noted above; because it was a subscription book, binding alone does not establish priority.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-020940 for "The Innocents Abroad" by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-020940, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).