Round the World Leisurely

The wrappers are rubbed with some chips to margins. Some abrasions to the title lettering on the front wrapper. Front and rear wrappers are detached from spine and held on by adhesive tape across spine. Paper spine chipped and worn. Internally good. Complete. Rubber stamp of "T. Phipps" on title page. Some foxing.; Uncommon [Not in BM; WorldCat locates 8 copies in libraries: 2 in Australia, 6 in New Zealand]. [4], 120, [5 ("Works by the Same Author")] pages. Original printed pink paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 182 x 119mm. Narrative of the author's world trip. Includes accounts of visiting San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and the Falls of Niagara. Contents: London to Alexandria; Cairo - Heliopolis - Fellaheen; The Nilometer - Among the Tombs - The Cairo Citadel; The Tombs at Sakkarah; The Pyramid of Cheops; From Cairo in Egypt, to Colombo in Ceylon; A Visit to the Ancient City of Kandy; Ceylon to New Zealand; New Zealand; Across the Pacific Ocean from Auckland to San Francisco; calling at Kandavu and Honolulu; San Francisco - Journey from the City of Gold to the City of Saints; Salt Lake City and Brigham Young; Continuation of my journey across the North American Continent - From Ogden to Niagara; The Falls of Niagara; A Peep at New York and the Centennial Exhibition - Across the Atlantic to Liverpool. "The residents in San Francisco, as a rule, seemed respectable and well-to-do people; but that there are also swarms of adventurers, loafers and swindlers there, I am equally certain. I was advised not to stray far from my hotel after dark, and I found it good advice, for when I did so, to a very limited extent, I noticed I was followed, watched, and dodged from one shop window to another by more than one suspicious-looking man - a veritable-looking 'rough' of the London type." - page 86. [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall "New Zealand National Bibliography" 1003.