Travel Guide Osgood Middle States 1875 w/ 22 maps lovely example city plans
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The Middle States: A Handbook for Travellers.
1875, Boston, James R, Osgood and Company.
pp.469 +26 index & illustrated advertisements. 7 maps & 15 plans.
Publishers red cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front cover. Lovely, clean, tight example, any flaws to cloth minor and easy to forgive. Two large folding lithographed maps in pockets at front & rear of book (unfolded and shown in video).
Very pleasing example, complete, uncommon thus.
Book measures: 6 5/8" H X 4 1/2" W.
Folding maps inserted into front and back binding pockets:
Map of the Middle States with Portions of Canada and the States Adjacent.
Issued 1874 by G. W. & C. B. Colton & Coin, New York.
Sheet measures c. 27 1/4" H x 21" W.
Printed area measures c. 26 5/8" H x 20 1/4" W.
Colton's Map of the New York Wilderness Compiled by W. W. Ely M. D.
Issued 1869 by G. W. & C. B. Colton & Coin, New York.
Sheet measures c. 24" H x 22 7/8" W.
Printed area measures c. 23 1/2" H x 22" W.
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