first edition Hardcover
1853 · New York
by VALENTINE, David T.
New York: G.P. Putnam Company, 1853. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 404pp. Illustrated. Owner name on front fly and first leaf, with one marginal correction in ink. Cloth worn and stained, binding solid but a bit loose with a few signatures just barely protruding, likely lacking one map, endpapers foxed and a bit of scattered foxing throughout, two delicate maps with tears, a just about very good copy of this pretty remarkable production, with the text and illustrations otherwise quite bright and fresh. Illustrated with five fold-out maps (likely lacking one, other copies with six), nine plates (two fold-out), and two in-text maps. (Inventory #: 454459)