first edition
1873 · Baltimore
by Watkins, N. J., editor and compiler
Baltimore: J. D. Ehlers & Co, 1873. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 144; folding hand-colored map with a large advertisement (Jordan Alum Springs) on the verso, one other folding map with advert on the verso, frontispiece portrait of Hotchkiss; page 43-44 with paper flaw making for several mangled letters; all else near fine in original pictorial brown cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover. Presentation copy from Hotchkiss inscribed in 1886. Reconciliation opportunities for Northern and Southern newspaper editors. Not in Howes.
(Inventory #: 53505)