Sold – Mark Twain Signed Quotation from “Following the Equator”

"There isn't a Parallel of Latitude but thinks it would have been the Equator if it had had its rights.".

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In 1897, Twain published “Following the Equator,” an account of his circumnavigation of the globe by steamship. Brimming with ironic, tongue-in-cheek humor, the book describes shark fishing in Australia, riding the rails in India, tiger hunting, diamond mining in South Africa and also describes peoples, climate, flora and fauna, customs, religion, politics,...

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Sold – Mark Twain Signed Quotation from “Following the Equator”

"There isn't a Parallel of Latitude but thinks it would have been the Equator if it had had its rights.".

In 1897, Twain published “Following the Equator,” an account of his circumnavigation of the globe by steamship. Brimming with ironic, tongue-in-cheek humor, the book describes shark fishing in Australia, riding the rails in India, tiger hunting, diamond mining in South Africa and also describes peoples, climate, flora and fauna, customs, religion, politics, food, etc.. Within that book is “Pudd’nhead Wilson’s New Calendar,” and perhaps its most famous quote is as follows.

Autograph Quotation Signed, Kaltenleutgeben, Austria, July 1, 1898. “There isn’t a Parallel of Latitude but thinks it would have been the Equator if it had had its rights.” This is the first time we have had this wonderful quotation.

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