Mark Twain
Following the Equator
The American Publishing Company
1897
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A first edition of Twain's final travel book, Following the Equator.
- Mark Twain (American).
- Hartford, Connecticut: The American Publishing Company, 1897.
- 712 pages.
- Octavo.
- Illustrated throughout, with many full-page plates.
- Bound in original blue cloth stamped with light blue and gilt, pictorial paste-on, gilt-stamped spine.
Best known for his children's books today, in his own lifetime Twain achieved fame first through his travel writing. Following the Equator makes an interesting companion to the earlier travel writings, beginning with Innocents Abroad (1869), his most popular book at the time. Here, Twain offers characteristically witty and cutting Gilded Age opinions with the confidence of an established humor writer and veteran voyager. While already famous by this time, Twain booked the tour of worldwide lectures and planned this book because he was in fact deeply in debt. The success of Equator did indeed put him back in the black.
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Very GoodLight rubbing to paste-on.
Mild shelf soil to top edge.
A strong copy with tight hinges.
Product is used.
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