View of the United States, historical, geographical and statistical : exhibiting in a convenient form, the natural and artificial features of the several states and embracing those leading branches of history and [title continued below]:
by DARBY, WILLIAM:
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
H. S. Tanner, Philadelphia, 1828. [title continued]: statistics best adapted to develop the present condition of the North American Union.First edition. Two volumes. 14 hand-coloured folding maps. 12mo (6 x 3 3/4 inches), pages:330 & 331-654:11 "A List of Maps, Charts, and Geographical Works, Recently published, and for sale by H.S. Tanner". Contemporary very attractive half crimson calf, over marbled boards, spines gilt extra and gilt lettered direct. Slight wear to headband of volume 1. Overall a supeb copy in very good condition. Very clean internally.The 14 folding maps are all fully hand coloured and comprise:1.The World2. Georgia & Alabama3. North & South Carolina4. Virginia, Maryland, & Delaware5. Pennsylvania & New Jersey6. New York7. New England8. Falls of Niagara9. Louisiana & Mississippi10. Part of Louisiana11. Kentucky and Tennessee12. Illinois & Missouri13. Part of Maine etc.14. Ohio & Indiana.
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- Bookseller
- Bristow and Garland (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20543
- Title
- View of the United States, historical, geographical and statistical : exhibiting in a convenient form, the natural and artificial features of the several states and embracing those leading branches of history and [title continued below]:
- Author
- DARBY, WILLIAM:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- H. S. Tanner, Philadelphia, 1828.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Foreign Travel, Exploration, Topography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Bristow and Garland
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About the Seller
Bristow and Garland
Biblio member since 2005
Shaftesbury, Dorset
About Bristow and Garland
Long established antiquarian & secondhand booksellers and dealers in autographs and manuscripts.
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- Headband
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- 12mo
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- New
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- Gilt
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- Calf
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- Marbled boards
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