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Travel-Adventure Series

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Travel-Adventure Series
1895-1898
Travelogue Stories

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4
4
1

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Illustrator:
1	In Wild Africa	Knox, Thomas	1895	Burgess, H.
2	Land of the Kangaroo	Knox, Thomas	1896	Burgess, H.
3	Over the Andes; or, Our Boys in New South America	Butterworth, Hezekiah	1897	Sandham, Henry
4	Lost in Nicaragua	Butterworth, Hezekiah	1898	Burgess, H.

W. A. Wilde and Company - Format 1 - Volumes: 1-2
Red-maroon. Title and the name of the series is on the front cover with a sailboat within a circle on the upper left of the cover. The books are 8 x 6. The books cost $1.50.

W. A. Wilde and Company - Format 2 - Volumes: 1-4
Navy blue. Gold gilt title author, title and series name on cover and spine. The series name is surrounded by green decoration and is within an oval on both spine and front cover. Later editions in red and beige are noted. Originally came in a box. 7.75 x 6. $40

W. A. Wilde and Company - Format 3 - Cloth cover with pictorial picture. (Only Title #1 has been seen)

Series notes:
1. Thomas Knox wrote the Boy Travelers Series. That series was in direct competition for readers with Butterworth's Zigzag Series.