2 vols. x, [2], [errata slip], 404; [6], 428 pp. Illustrated with many wood-engraved plates and maps; color lithograph frontispieces. 8½x5¼, bound in period half calf and marbled boards, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, spines tooled in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers. First Edition.

The British Empire being at its peak, the journey took Dilke through India, Ceylon, Australia, Pitcairn and other Pacific Islands, the United States (including a stop at Yosemite), Canada, and more. Sabin 20155.