APPLETON’S NATIONAL RAILWAY AND STEAM NAVIGATION GUIDE for The United States and Canada…[August 1884]
D. Appleton & Co.: NY, 1884. Paperback. Very Good. Item #23-0981
Pict wraps, illus., maps (including foldout, detached but present), ads, 5 x 6.75”, 341pp. Some creasing, wear and edgewear to front cover, tape repair to spine and folding map, top corner of back cover torn off, some minor ink writing to top of first few pp else good, contents readable and nice. Includes a section titled “Anecdotes and Incidents”; for example, “The Editor and His Daughter”: “’You are very late sending your evening male out’ said the editor to his daughter when he came home at two in the morning…’Not at all’, answered the thoughtful girl; ‘Charles Henry is now a morning edition’”. An interesting look at North America during the gilded age.
Price: $75.00