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Following the Equator.: A Journey Around the World.
by TWAIN, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hartford, Connecticut: The American Publishing Company,, 1897. Twain's most elaborately decorated book First edition, first issue, of Twain's travel narrative, handsomely bound by Bayntun. Having invested heavily in revolutionary but flawed typesetting machinery, by 1894 Twain was practically bankrupt. His solution was to undertake a tour of the British Empire, receiving an enthusiastic audience for his lectures in every port of call and providing material for this highly successful account. Following the Equator was produced as "a sumptuous volume with numerous illustrations by the best artists of the period, the entire book to be printed on 'plate' paper for the proper display of the illustrations" (Johnson, p. 68). It also includes the first photographs to be published in a Twain book. This copy features the favoured single Hartford imprint and the signature mark "11" at p. 161. Octavo (223 x 142 mm). Finely bound in brown morocco by Bayntun c.1980, spine with raised bands, compartments lettered and elaborately tooled in gilt, French fillet to covers, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard, many illustrations to text, including halftone photographs, by 11 different illustrators. A fine copy. BAL 3451; Johnson, p. 65.
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
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170151
- Title
- Following the Equator.
- Author
- TWAIN, Mark
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Hartford, Connecticut: The American Publishing Company,
- Date Published
- 1897
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Gilt
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- Morocco
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