[Rarebooks] FS: 1836 ed. of "The American Traveller" w/fine hand colored folding map.

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(AMERICANA) Tanner, Henry S. THE AMERICAN TRAVELLER; or Guide Through the United States... Second Edition. Philadelphia: Published by the Author. 1836. 16mo. 144pp. Illustrated with 4 plates and 4 double-page city maps (Boston, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia), and a large, 8-section folding, hand colored map on the back cover. Orig. green cloth with printed label on front cover. Extremities lightly rubbed, but overall an extremely nice copy, with a fine, crisp map at back.    $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
A very popular guide book in the 1830s and 1840s. The 8th edition appears in 1842. Howes T24.

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