Phelps, Humphrey Phelps' Travellers' Guide Through the United States; Containing Upward ofSeven Hundred and Fifty Railroad, Canal, and Stage and Steamboat Routes,Accompanied with a New Map of the United States New York: Published by Ensign & Thayer & Co, 1851 Includes California River Routes as well as the eastern states (UNITED STATES MAP) New and Improved Edition. 16mo. Pp. 70, 2 pages publisher's advertisements, Folding map drawn and engraved by J. M. Atwood (26 x 20 inches), handcolored in outline, with engraved border of portraits of presidents and statesmen and state seals, with inset of Oregon, California & Texas (some browning, tears with losses in the Indian Territories, some tape repairs on verso, small holes at folds, else very good). Original black straight grained morocco, elaborately stamped in blind on lower cover with same pattern in gilt on upper cover showing train emerging from tunnel and a steamboat all within a rustic border of logs with ivy. Covers detached, very rubbed, text and map loose, some browning and soiling, 1851 signature of Thomas C. Lewis of Portsmouth Price: USD 1,500.00 other currencies   order no. 34306    inquire

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