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Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World.
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine copy (small name stamps on end papers, title page, front hinge crudely repaired).
- Seller
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Fair Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
Hartford, Connecticut:: The American Publishing Company,, 1897.. First edition. . Blue cloth over boards, front cover stamped in gold and light blue with small pictorial pastedown (profile of an elephant), spine stamped in gold. Hardcover. . Fine copy (small name stamps on end papers, title page, front hinge crudely repaired).. 4to.. Very scarce in this condition.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- BookMine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 225808
- Title
- Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World.
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Blue cloth over boards, front cover stamped in gold and light blue with small pictorial pastedown (profile of an elephant), spin
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy (small name stamps on end papers, title page, front hinge crudely repaired).
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The American Publishing Company,
- Place of Publication
- Hartford, Connecticut:
- Date Published
- 1897.
- Pages
- [6], 7-712 pages,
- Size
- 4to.
Terms of Sale
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Returnable within 10 days for any reason, with notification.
About the Seller
BookMine
Biblio member since 2004
Fair Oaks, California
About BookMine
The BookMine has been selling quality out-of-print, rare and first edition books since 1984.
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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