Following the Equator

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Following the Equator. A Journey around the World. Hartford: American Publishing Company; New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1897. First edition, variant with two imprints on the inserted title-page (also seen with just American Publishing Company; no priority, but Johnson preferred the single imprint). Octavo (8.875 x 5.75 inches; 225 x 145 mm.). [2, inserted title-leaf], [3]-712 pages. Frontispiece inserted with numerous full-page and in-text illustrations throughout. Publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered and elaborately stamped in gilt, front board stamped in gilt with a pictorial paper onlay; all edges of the text block trimmed; plain endpapers, flyleaves. Spine gently leaning; spine ends pushed; front board lightly rubbed; corners softly bumped; extremities a little worn with a very small tear to the cloth near the base of the spine. Text block sagging just a little; hinges mended; rear flyleaf excised. Good but still appears quite nice. BAL 3451. (#10117).