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Lot 201
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
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Nov 12, 2020
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Lot Description
BROWN, Samuel R. (1775-1817). The Western Gazetteer; Or Emigrant's Directory. Auburn, NY: H. C. Southwick, 1817.
8vo (202 x 127 mm). (Some browning and spotting.) Contemporary tree calf (rebacked preserving original morocco lettering-piece). Provenance: Solomon Fitch (early signature); Arthur W. Hall (bookplate); Harry L. Jackson (signature, 1958).
FIRST EDITION, third issue, with 360 pages. "One of the earliest American-printed emigrant's guides" (Howes B-867). Graff 433; Sabin 8558.
Property from the Estate of Mary Patricia Reynolds, Bowling Green, Kentucky