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Round the World in Seven Days

Herbert Strang

First published 1911
Publisher Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Cover art A. C. Michael
Pages 295

  • 4th of Strang's six "novels about futuristic Transportation devices"; "the trip being made by two young men in a reinforced biplane with an advanced engine (see Inventions), who cross the Atlantic non-stop" --SFE3
  • "Writers of romances have been furnished new inspiration by science during the past year or two ... His aeroplane starts from England eastward, through Turkey, India, Australia, the United States, touches at Toronto, and thence back to the starting point. ... with adventures among the unenlightened people of Asia and Australia ..." --The Globe (Toronto) 1910-12-10 p8 "Books for the Young", review with The Cruise of the Gyro-Car as "Two volumes [by Strang] issued in Toronto by Henry Frowde" (London edition imported?)
  • C$1.00 per listing The Globe (Toronto) 1910-12-10 p8 "Books Received"
  • No other hit found 2016-11-17 in automated search of multiple newspapers 1909 to 1911 (mainly US, UK)

1st ed. SFE3 notes dating, identifies interior/hardcover illustrator -- "(1910) [book is dated 1911: illus/hb/A C Michael]"