The Old Patagonian Express

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979. First edition, first printing (full number line). Octavo in white color illus DJ, 404 pages, b&w illustrations, brown-ink maps on lining papers, 24 cm. A Fine, bright copy in tight binding. Very tiny closed tear to front DJ edge, light soiling. A near fine(-) jacket housed in arhival myalr. See photos. . Hardcover. ISBN: 0395277884

DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. An account of Theroux's trip by train from Boston to Bogota, Columbia. Contents: The Lake Shore Limited -- The Lone Star -- The Aztec Eagle -- El Jarocho to Veracruz -- The passenger train to Tapachula -- The 7:30 to Guatemala City -- The 7:00 Zacapa -- The railcar to San Salvador -- The local to Cutuco -- The Atlantic Railway: the 12:00 to Limón -- The Pacific Railway: the 10:00 to Puntarenas -- The Balboa Bullet to Colón -- The Expreso del Sol to Bogotá -- The Expreso Calima -- The Autoferro to Guayagquil -- El Tren de la Sierra -- The passenger train to Machu Picchu -- El Panamericano -- Las Estrella del Norte ("The North Star") to Buenos Aires -- The Buenos Aires Subterranean -- The Lagos del Sur ("Lakes of the South") Express -- The Old Patagonian Express. Railroad travel -- America.