APPLETON’S ILLUSTRATED RAILWAY AND STEAM NAVIGATION GUIDE Containing the Time-Tables of the Railways of The United States and the Canadas…[November 1870]
D. Appleton & Co.: NY, 1870. Paperback. Very Good. Item #23-0976
Pict wraps, illus., maps (including foldout), ads, 5 x 6.75”, 324pp. Some wear and edge-wear/chipping to covers, very minor creasing and toning else nice condition. There is also a section titled “Anecdotes and Incidents of Travel” including titles such as “A Practical Spiritualist” (“Nat, what are you leaning over that empty cask for? You look as though you had lost all your friends!”- “The fact is, Tom, I am mourning over departed spirits!”) and “A New-Yorker’s Opinion of Honesty” (“Why, his honesty has been proved better than any man’s in New York, for he has been tried twice for stealing and escaped both times!”). An interesting snapshot North American infrastructure during massive western expansion and industrial boom.
Price: $95.00