OUR JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD/GLIMPSES OF LIFE By Clark

OUR JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD

By Francis E. Clark

&

GLIMPSES OF LIFE IN FAR OFF LANDS

By Harriet E. Clark

(In one volume)

o   Hartford, Conn. : A. D. Worthington & Co. Publishers

o   1895, first or early printing

o   [xxxi] + 641 pages.

o   Profusely illustrated with large color fold-out map.

o   Very Good (+), no dust jacket.

Condition Details:

Blind and gilt embossed blue cloth hardcover, very clean and bright, including cover illustration and heavily decorated spine (lovely). Tiny tear to head of spine, about 1/8 inch.  Light wear visible only. Well bound, firm copy. Floral end pages.  Former ownership name in pencil, else clean and unmarked. Two short tears to last printed page. Color fold-out map in front, with some light wear from handling. Woodcut illustrations throughout.

A book “sold by subscription” meaning the buyer had a choice of binding types, with varying costs. Leather was offered, and more often than not, lower grade leather that does not survive well. This issue is the cloth edition, with has survived very nicely indeed.