APPLETON’S ILLUSTRATED RAILWAY AND STEAM NAVIGATION GUIDE Contains the Time Tables, Stations, Distances, and Connections Upon All the Railways Throughout The United States and the Canadas…
D. Appleton & Co.: NY, 1864. Paperback. Very Good. Item #23-0983
Pict wraps, illus., maps, ads, 5 x 6.75”, 288pp. Ink name of former owner written in ink on front cover, covers worn and edge chipped with a 2” tear at spine, corners of covers and first few pp creased, some foxing and toning to contents, missing called-for foldout map else a good, readable copy. Includes a section of “Anecdotes and Incidents of Travel”, for example “Discontented People”: “Some people are never contented. After having all their limbs broken, their heads smashed, and their brains knocked out, they will actually go to law and try and get further damages”. Nice ad for Tiffany and Co. on page 32.
Price: $95.00