[Rarebooks] fs: New York & Erie Railroad Guide, 1855-6, plates, map

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(No. 9769 )  MacLeod, William. HARPER'S NEW YORK AND ERIE RAIL-ROAD GUIDE 
BOOK: CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENERY, RIVERS, TOWNS, VILLAGES, AND 
MOST IMPORTANT WORKS ON THE ROAD.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1855-6. Original cloth, Sixteenmo, 
viii, [9]-188 pages, black & white engraved cuts, plates, fold-out map. Very 
good, ex library.
      Handsome traveller's guidebook well-illustrated with 136 engravings by 
Lossing and Barritt. This is the 8th edition revised, enlarged, and 
corrected to 1856. Fold-out map at frontispiece is in excellent condition 
with only a few faint spots of foxing, a couple of mis-folds, but no tears 
whatsoever. This map is followed an engraved title page (likely done for the 
original 1851 edition) preceding the typeset title page. Wonderful engraved 
cuts throughout. Concludes with tables of distances, grades, and routes. 
Bound in original brown textured cloth over boards with spine titled in 
gilt. Some fading to binding, minor edge wear, shallow fraying at spine 
ends. Occasional light foxing inside, hinges remain sound. This copy is from 
a private institutional library and bears their catalogue number in white at 
heel of spine and their small circular stamp at bottom fore corner of front 
free endpaper....... $300.00
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