Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
by Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good + overall
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. Twain's travels in Australia, New Zealand and India. Large 8vo. 712pp. B&w frontis portrait, b&w ills in text. With the signature 11 at bottom of page 161 as called for by BAL. Pictorial gilt decorated inlay of elephant on front cover, gold gilt title and decoration at spine. Spine tips slt rubbed, corners slt bumped, new front endpaper.
Synopsis
Following the Equator (American English title) or More Tramps Abroad (English title) is a non-fiction travelogue published by American author Mark Twain in 1897. Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to a failed investment into a "revolutionary" typesetting machine.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28325
- Title
- Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
- Author
- Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good + overall
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- American Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Date Published
- 1897
- Bookseller catalogs
- INDIA; HAWAII; AUSTRALIA; FOREIGN TRAVEL;
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