Mitchell, S. Augustus:
MITCHELL'S TRAVELLER'S GUIDE THROUGH THE UNITED STATES, CONTAINING THE PRINCIPAL CITIES, TOWNS, &C. ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED; TOGETHER WITH THE STAGE, STEAM-BOAT, CANAL, AND RAILROAD ROUTES, WITH THE DISTANCES, IN MILES FROM PLACE TO PLACE. ILLUSTRATED BY AN ACCURATE MAP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Augustus Mitchell, Philadelphia:, 1836
78pp + folding color map showing roads, distances, rail, steam and canal routes, 17" x 22." Bound in cloth [recased with original front cover cloth laid down]. Title page worn, costing some letters. Map with several expertly repaired short fold splits; contemporary signature of C.B. Hite of Belleville on verso. Good+. Howes M690. Phillips, Maps of America 890.
Price: $600.00
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Mitchell, S. Augustus:
MITCHELL'S TRAVELLER'S GUIDE THROUGH THE UNITED STATES. A MAP OF THE ROADS, DISTANCES, STEAM BOAT & CANAL ROUTES & C. BY J.H. YOUNG, PHILADELPHIA.
Augustus Mitchell, Philadelphia:, 1834
Map, 17.5" x 22", hand colored borders of the States, printed on thin paper, includes insets of New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington, New York, Charleston, Boston, Cincinnati and Albany. Folded into 12mo red roan with gilt title and decorative border [rubbed, light wear to corners and edges]. Both map and table have minor foxing at folds, short slits at some folds [no loss]; table has one longer split along center fold [no text loss]. Else Very Good. The map shows the country from the east and westward to modern-day Texas and the Missouri Territory, with portions of Mexico. Included with map is a separate folding table, 18" x 22", printed on thin paper, containing Steam-boat and Canal Routes, Statistical Tables of the United States - 1830 [whites, slaves, free blacks], Heights of Principal Mountains and Hills, Lengths of Principal Rivers, Lengths of Principal Railroads [finished and in progress], Lengths of Principal Canals [finished and in progress], and Table of Distances. AI 25797 [5]. Phillips, Maps of America 889 [1835 Guide].
Price: $1,250.00
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