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Lot 29
Sale 5724 - Books and Manuscripts
Feb 17, 2022
5:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$500 -
800
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$1,071
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Lot Description
[Americana] Smith, J. Calvin The Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide, with a Compendious Gazetteer of the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, and the Territories of Wisconsin, and Iowa...
New-York: J.H. Colton, 1839. First edition. 12mo. 180 pp. Illustrated with one large hand-colored folding map; toned; scattered separations along folds. Original green cloth; stamped in blind and in gilt; boards evenly faded, scattered soiling to same; all edges trimmed; ownership signature in pencil on front free endpaper; scattered foxing to prelims and text. Howes S 615
Although reprinted many times the first edition is scarce. A tight sound copy.