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Traveller's Guide Through the U.S. 1836

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Maps, Atlases & Globes Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Traveller's Guide Through the U.S. 1836
<B>Augustus S. Mitchell <I>Traveller's [sic] Guide Through the United States, Containing the Principal Cities, Towns, etc. Alphabetically Arranged; Together With the Stage, Steam-boat, Canal, and Railroad Routes, With the Distances, in Miles, From Place to Place</B></I>.</B></I> (Philadelphia: Mitchell & Hinman, 1836), 78 pages, 24mo (3.25" x 5.25"), dark green patterned leather covers with gilt title decoration, marble endpapers, fold-out hand-colored map of the United States circa 1836 measuring 21.5" x 17.75" tipped-in on inside back cover. This map is one of the first to label Texas as such instead of Mexico. The guide is in very good condition with a water stain on the top right edge of the pages. The map is in very good condition, the colors remain bright with only a few instances of tears along the folds.
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