A TRUTH SEEKER IN AROUND THE WORLD: VOLUME I FROM NEW YORK TO DAMASCUS: A Series of Letters Written while Making a Tour of the Globe

Bennett, D.M. [ DeRobigne Mortimer]

Published by D. M. Bennett: Liberal Publisher, New York, 1882

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7.75" x 5.5"; Frontis engraving of author with facing tissue; pp. [1] Dedication, [1] blank, [7] List of Contributors, [1] blank, [2] Preface, 7-836, [2] ads, plus 32 black-and-white illustrations on heavy stock, 2 of them two-pages wide and three of them folding; Bound in full pig-skin with marbled end papers and all paged edges gilt. Author was editor of Truth Seeker magazine. In the preface he writes that he had earlier taken a trip around Europe and written letters home to the magazine which were later published as a book, A Truth Seeker in Europe. Someone then proposed that he should do the same on a similar trip arund the world and offered to help fund his expenses. Reportedly, several hundred individuals areeg to participate in the funding (see list of Contributors mentioned in above). Leather cracked full length of front seam, though board holding firm; Inch long crack at head of rear seam; Edges quite worn and scratched; Contents very clean. Seller Inventory # 28655

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Title: A TRUTH SEEKER IN AROUND THE WORLD: VOLUME I...

Publisher: D. M. Bennett: Liberal Publisher, New York

Publication Date: 1882

Binding: Soft cover