Burt's Illustrated Guide to the Connecticut Valley
Henry M. Burt
Sold by CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 20 December 2016
Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Good
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Add to basketSold by CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 20 December 2016
Condition: Used - Good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basket"Burt's Illustrated Guide to the Connecticut Valley" by Henry M. Burt. 1866; New England Publishing Company; Springfield. The book features a number of color plates, a fold-out map (titled "Map of the Connecticut Valley") and black & white engravings throughout. "Containing descriptions of Mount Holyoke, Mount Mansfield, White Mountains, Lake Memphremagog, Lake Willoughby, Montreal, Quebec, &c." The book opens with passenger fares for 1866, Summer time tables and various railroad line information.and ends with 5 pages of advertisements (for railway insurance, "The Indelible Pencil Co.", lumber/timber/clapboards/shingles/lath, Pratt, Whitney & Co., and a sewing machine company). Here is a small sampling of the book's contents: * Amherst and its Colleges * Battle of Bloody Brook * Bellows Falls * Bridgeport * Burlington * Camel's Hump * Capture of Mrs. Howe * Dartmouth College * Digging for Gold * Elephant's Tusk * First Blood of the Revolution * First Settlement in Vermont * General Stark * Hartford * Jay Peak * Montpelier * Mount Holyoke Female Seminary * Mount Monadnock * Origin of the Silk Fever * Pompanoosuc * Springfield * St. Johnsbury * Sugar Loaf Mountain * Summit of Green Mountains * Thanksgiving postponed for want of molasses * To the White Mountains, Lake Memphremagog and Quebec * White River Junction * Woodstock Condition: Two small stain spots to lower-left edge of front cover; a few light scuffs to back cover; clean spine; the gilt design on the front cover has chipped in some areas (see photo); worn corners. Tight binding. Crack at front of book at the hinge. The pages are in very good condition - some miscellaneous pages have dashes and brackets next to lines of text in the margins in pencil; a few random pages have small tears at the outer edge; name written in pen on two of the front end papers as well as on the Editor's Apology page. The fold-out map at the front of the book is securely attached.the last flap is present, but detached (see photo).
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