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First Edition. In 1895, bankrupted by his investments in the doomed Paige typesetter and by the collapse of his publishing house, sixty-year-old Mark Twain was forced to embark on a world lecture tour to raise money to pay his growing debts. Following the Equator, Twain's final travel book, was the result. His readers circumnavigate the globe ...
- Following the Equator, First Edition - AbeBooks
First Edition. Accompanying the Channel 4 TV series, this...
- Following the Equator Mark Twain, First Edition - AbeBooks
First Edition. Accompanying the Channel 4 TV series, this...
- Following the Equator, First Edition - AbeBooks
The first edition of this book was illustrated by Dan Beard, A.B. Frost, B.W. Clinedinst, Frederick Dielman, Peter Newell, F.M senior, C.H. Warren, A.G. Reinhart, F. Berkeley Smith, and C. Allan Gilbert, many of whom had previously worked with Twain.
- Mark Twain
- 1897
Aug 18, 2006 · In old times a sailor, dressed as Neptune, used to come in over the bows, with his suite, and lather up and shave everybody who was crossing the equator for the first time, and then cleanse these unfortunates by swinging them from the yard-arm and ducking them three times in the sea.
First Edition. Accompanying the Channel 4 TV series, this text follows (100 years later) Mark Twain's bestselling account of his journey around the globe. The traveller is Sir Peter Ustinov, who sticks closely to Twain's original route, from luxurious cruise liner to the meat train from Bombay.
Oct 1, 1996 · 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.
First Edition. Accompanying the Channel 4 TV series, this text follows (100 years later) Mark Twain's bestselling account of his journey around the globe. The traveller is Sir Peter Ustinov, who sticks closely to Twain's original route, from luxurious cruise liner to the meat train from Bombay.
Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, Other Travels (Library of America No. 200) by Twain, Mark and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.co.uk.
