Following the Equator
Hartford, CN: The American Publishing Company, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [6], 7-712, [2] pp. Blue cloth with a colorful blue and gold mounted illustration of an elephant on the front board, gold lettering and gold tooling on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of Mark Twain and with numerous in-text and full page illustrations (illustrations are drawings, photographs, and wood engravings). BAL 3451. The first printing of the first American edition.An account of Twain's travels around the British empire, expressing his disdain for the racism and religIous intolerance of the time. A very handsome copy. Near Fine. Item #00006064
A beautiful Near Fine book with a small tear to the top of the dedication page.
Price: $400.00