Title: A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States; Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy: Embracing, Also, Important Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Information... Author: Baldwin, Thomas and J. Thomas Place: Philadelphia Publisher: Lippincott, Grambo Date: 1854 Description: 1364 pp. With a large fold-out map (61.5x70 cm) tipped to the front pastedown (as issued), titled "A New Map of the United States upon which are Delineated the Vast Works of Internal Communications, Routes across the Continent &c. Showing also Canada and the Island of Cuba" by W. Williams, with 4 insets including a large map of California, Oregon, New Mexico & Utah, also, Cuba, Havana and Niagara River & Falls. (8vo) 8½x5½, full period calf, gilt-lettered black morocco spine label. Lot Amendments Condition: Front joint split through leaving spine hanging loose, head of spine chipped, front board nearly detached, rubbing, edge wear; soiling and light foxing to contents, slight darkening and scattered splits to original map folds; map about very good; about good overall. Item number: 140292
Title: A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States; Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy: Embracing, Also, Important Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Information... Author: Baldwin, Thomas and J. Thomas Place: Philadelphia Publisher: Lippincott, Grambo Date: 1854 Description: 1364 pp. With a large fold-out map (61.5x70 cm) tipped to the front pastedown (as issued), titled "A New Map of the United States upon which are Delineated the Vast Works of Internal Communications, Routes across the Continent &c. Showing also Canada and the Island of Cuba" by W. Williams, with 4 insets including a large map of California, Oregon, New Mexico & Utah, also, Cuba, Havana and Niagara River & Falls. (8vo) 8½x5½, full period calf, gilt-lettered black morocco spine label. Lot Amendments Condition: Front joint split through leaving spine hanging loose, head of spine chipped, front board nearly detached, rubbing, edge wear; soiling and light foxing to contents, slight darkening and scattered splits to original map folds; map about very good; about good overall. Item number: 140292
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