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The Boy Travellers in Northern Europe

by Thomas W. Knox

The Work

First published
1892
Original publisher
Harper & Brothers
Originally published in
New York

Drew's Copy

Edition
1892 Harper & Brothers edition
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Published in
New York
Copy published
1892
Binding
Decorated olive-green cloth hardcover with gilt, pink, and black pictorial stamping
Collection status
On the shelves
Reading status
Owned
Condition
Good; moderate rubbing and edge wear, bumped corners, wear at the spine ends, a weakened front hinge, and age-toned pages; the decorated binding, maps, color plate, and text block survive
Travel LiteratureAdventure FictionNorthern EuropeHollandGermanyDenmarkNorwaySwedenNineteenth Century

Acquisition & Provenance

Acquired
February 23, 2026
Acquisition type
Purchased
Source
eBay
Seller
keloli_0
Item price
$20.00
Order total
$26.99
Delivered
March 5, 2026

How This Copy Came to the Library

Drew purchased this copy on eBay from keloli_0 on February 23, 2026. The book itself cost $20, and the order total was $26.99. It was delivered on March 5.

Why This Book Is in My Library

This volume adds Knox’s journey through Holland, Germany, Scandinavia, and the far north to Drew’s Boy Travellers shelf.

Place in My Physical Library

This volume stands with Drew’s growing shelf of Thomas W. Knox travel and adventure books, between The Boy Travellers in Great Britain and Ireland and another later Knox travel volume.

About This Copy

The title page identifies this as the 1892 Harper & Brothers edition of The Boy Travellers in Northern Europe: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, with Visits to Heligoland and the Land of the Midnight Sun. The copyright notice is dated 1891.

The olive-green cloth binding remains highly decorative, with a large pink-and-black maritime scene above gilt scrollwork and a smaller castle vignette below. Inside, the copy retains facing route maps of Holland and Germany, marked in red, and a color plate assembling fjord, waterside, and castle views.

A penciled former-owner inscription records Oliver E. Pinkstone of 1109 East Cass Street in Joliet, Illinois, preserving a geographic trace of the copy’s earlier life.

This pictorial 1892 volume preserves its route maps, color plate, and a former owner’s Joliet inscription.

Part of a CollectionThe Boy Travellers

Nine Boy Travellers volumes by Thomas W. Knox, collected as artifacts of American travel writing, childhood reading, and the rapidly changing world of the 1880s and 1890s.

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Front cover of Drew's copy of The Boy Travellers in Northern Europe
The pictorial olive-green cloth front cover of Drew's 1892 copy.
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The Northern Europe volume on Drew's shelf of Thomas W. Knox books.
Title page of Drew's copy of The Boy Travellers in Northern Europe
The title page records the 1892 Harper & Brothers publication.
Copyright page of Drew's copy of The Boy Travellers in Northern Europe
The 1891 copyright notice beneath a contemporary catalogue of Knox's travel books.
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A surviving color plate combining northern European fjord, waterside, and castle scenes.
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