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Lot 196

Sale 2586 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Sep 30, 2016 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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(Scranton Estate : ...


(Scranton Estate : Americana). 4 Vols. Travel, Transport, and Geography - American 19th century Imprints: Morse, Jedidiah. Geography Made Easy: being an Abridgment of the American Universal Geography. Boston: J. T. Buckingham, for Thomas & Andrews, March, 1806. 12mo, contemporary tree sheep, morocco spine label; extremities scuffed. With 2 fold maps (World; North America). Scattered light foxing. * Duane, William J. Letters addressed to the People of Pennsylvania... Improvements... by means of Roads and Canals. Philadelphia: Jane Aitken, 1811. Small 4to, modern brown morocco-backed marbled boards. Internally generally clean. * Morrison's Strangers' Guide to the City of Washington and its vicinity. Washington, 1844. "Second Edition." 24mo, original green diced calf, gilt-ruled and lettered spine; scuffed, extremities rubbed. With additional vignette title, portrait of George Washington and 15 views. Some internal foxing and dampstaining. * Phelps's Travelers Guide through the United States. New York: Ensigns & Thayer, 1849. Small 12mo, original gilt-pictorial black morocco, a.e.g.; extremities rubbed. Back pastedown defective. Lacking map.

From the Estate of former Pennsylvania Governor William W. Scranton and First Lady Mary L. Scranton.

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