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FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR; A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good+
- Seller
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Columbia, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
The American Publishing Company, 1897. Hardcover. Very good+. The American Publishing Company, 1897. 712pp., frontis. photograph of Twain/tissue-guard, black and white illustrations throughout. 8vo. Blue cloth with color plate on front cover, decorative gold titles on spine. BAL 3451. First state with !! Signature mark p.161, American Publishing Company lower edge of spine as well as on title-page. Minor scuffing on cover plate, rubbing head and heel of spine, light rubbing on corner tips. Interior clean and bright, hinges tight and sound, light discoloration blue cloth on spine. Original owner's date and signature in pencil on first page (December 25, '97) This book remained within the same family until recently. Very Good+ attractive hardcover.
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
- Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94334
- Title
- FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR; A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The American Publishing Company
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- LITERATURE. FIRST EDITIONS
Terms of Sale
Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Books are returnable for a refund
if not as described.
About the Seller
Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Columbia, Missouri
About Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
30,000 books in stock, with special emphasis on gardening,
art and textiles, poetry, children\'s and illustrated, Missouriana, antiquarian books.
Prints and maps are stocked as well.
Established 1977, member ABAA/ILAB
art and textiles, poetry, children\'s and illustrated, Missouriana, antiquarian books.
Prints and maps are stocked as well.
Established 1977, member ABAA/ILAB
Glossary
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
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