Our New Way Round the World

"Our New Way Round the World by Charles Carleton Coffin, published in Boston by Fields, Osgood, & Co. in 1869. Coffin recounts his round-the-world journey with observations on travel, places, and cultures encountered across Egypt, India, Malacca, China, Japan, and California. An engaging nineteenth-century travel narrative for collectors of early travel literature and books of world exploration.

Octavo (5.5" x 8.125"). Bound in full period faded purple cloth with a gilt vignette on the front cover and gilt spine lettering identifying the title, author, and publisher. The purple cloth on the spine has sun faded to a caramel brown. The crown and foot of the spine have some chipping, with bumped corners and a slightly torn inner hinge. Brown paper pastedowns. Illustrated, including a frontispiece depicting Yosemite Falls. There is water staining to the upper-right corner of the pages from page 381 through the second free rear endpaper.