VIEW OF THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, or the Emigrant's and Travellers Guide to the West. 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.
Philadelphia: H. S. Tanner, 1832. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very good+ condition. Item #019654
xii, 341 pages of text, [i] blank, followed by 10 pages of publisher's advertisement. Original publisher's cloth-covered boards rebacked with well-matched cloth, and the original printed paper label reproduced in near facsimile. A few pages are creased at a corner, and there is minor foxing scattered lightly throughout the text. New endpapers. First two pages washed/light bleached. Ex-libris numbering at the bottom of the "Introduction" page, with the title page and the remainder of the text unmarked. Complete with 15 maps, including: [1] frontispiece, "United States" is fold-out and hand colored. [2] p.8 "New York" fold-out. [3] p.95 "Pennsylvania and New Jersey"; fold-out. [4] p.101 "Pittsburgh." [5] p.117 "Virginia Maryland and Delaware" fold-out. [6] p.127 "Ohio and Indiana" fold-out. [7] p.137 "Cincinnati." [8] p.164 "Michigan" fold-out. [9] p.176 "Kentucky and Tennessee" fold-out. [10] p.181 "Louisville." [11] p.200 "Illinois and Missouri" fold-out. [12] p.228 with four views including "Environs of St. Louis," "Lead Region" and "Environs of Lexington," "Environs of Nashville" fold-out. [13] p.247 "Louisiana and Mississippi" fold-out. [14] p.264 with three views including "Environs of Mobile," "Environs of Pensacola" and "New Orleans" fold-out. [15] p.276 "Georgia and Alabama" fold-out. A few maps have small tears at the folds, and some of the maps are somewhat browned. Graff 141; Howes B45; Sabin 2594 ("Richard Bache"). First edition.
Price: $1,375.00