[Rarebooks] FS: Baird's VIEW OF THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 1832, with 15 maps

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[BAIRD,  Robert].  VIEW OF THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,  OR  THE
EMIGRANT'S  AND TRAVELLER'S GUIDE TO THE WEST.... Philadelphia: H.  S.
Tanner  1832.  Second Edition. ...CONTAINING A GENERAL DESCRIPTION  OF
THAT  ENTIRE  COUNTRY;  AND  ALSO NOTICES OF  THE  SOIL,  PRODUCTIONS,
RIVERS,  AND OTHER CHANNELS OF INTERCOURSE AND TRADE; AND LIKEWISE  OF
THE  CITIES  AND TOWNS, PROGRESS OF EDUCATION, &C. OF EACH  STATE  AND
TERRITORY.  Duodecimo (12mo: 4-1/4" x 7-3/8") bound in original  brown
boards with intact paper spine label. Illustrated with a folding hand-
colored  map  and fourteen black-and-white maps, many  folding.  Light
foxing  to  just a few pages. Small library blindstamp to  title  page
and  ink  number  at  bottom of first text  page;  no  other  markings
apparent  but  for evidence of bookplate removal from front  pastedown
and  small  paper  label  from the bottom of the  spine.  Front  cover
mostly detached. Very Good, clean copy with attractive maps.  $1000.00
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