Condition: Fair. Philadelphia: R.L. Barnes, 1856. 24mo hardcover in brown cloth with blind decoration. Gilt title to front board, blind title to rear board. Modern rebacking with matching brown cloth and gilt titling. Unfolds into 26.5 x 37.5 fully hand-tinted map. Reading copy only. Boards moderately sunned. Edgeworn with corners rubbed and spine cloth neatly replaced. Early owner's name inked on front pastedown. Map detached from boards, and separated into many sections, Sections have many tears along joints and is very fragile, but ALL PIECES PRESENT. Map lightly toned with a few small stains, but colors remain vibrant, completed in the decorative style typical of the period. From the library of American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter William Safire. (history, local history, pennsylvania, railroad, map, cartography) Inquire if you need further information.
Published by R. L. BARNES, 1860
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop / Ruffolo Enterprises, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
HARDBACK GREEN. Condition: Good. CIRCA 1850 gilt on cover, hinge cracking, some tears at folds of map, age toned, map 26x37 folded and conataind between green stiff boards DATE PUBLISHED: 1860 EDITION: