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(Travel Book, Folding Map of USA): The Illustrated Hand - Book, A New Guide for Travelers Through the United States of America..Railroad, Stage and Steamboat Routes..Accompanied By a Large and Accurate Map - 1849

by Smith, J. Calvin

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New York: Sherman & Smith , 1849. Green cloth, decorative gilt embossed cloth boards rubbed and scuffed with some staining and sunning, but binding is sound. All 80 pp. text is present (with elaborate place-names and distance tables), in very good condition with minimal browning. The copyright date is 1846. Original endpapers present and browned (more than text). The large map with original hand-colored outlines is VG with minimal browning (dated 1850 on the map itself), on thin paper, with a very crisp image showing west to part of Texas, Western Territory and Nebraska. The image is titled: A New Map for Travellers Through the United States of America Showing the Railroads, Canals & Stage Roads. There are 4 insets: Railroad & Canal Routes from Albany to Buffalo, Map of Oregon California Santa Fe & c., Rail Road Route from New York to Philadelphia, Map Showing the Rail Roads Between the Cities of New York Boston & Albany.... The full image, on thin paper with small decorative b&w vignettes, measures unfolds to 21x26 inches, and folds into the rear cover. Few pinpoint separations at a couple of fold junctures, with no image loss.This is a very unusual item, particularly in this condition. Sabin's 82929 (specifically for this format and set of dates, as there were a number of contemporary variants on this booklet and map) .. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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  • Title (Travel Book, Folding Map of USA): The Illustrated Hand - Book, A New Guide for Travelers Through the United States of America..Railroad, Stage and Steamboat Routes..Accompanied By a Large and Accurate Map
  • Author Smith, J. Calvin
  • Publisher Sherman & Smith , New York
  • Date 1849
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 3468

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