CROFUTT, George A. and Co. Crofutt's Trans-Continental Tourist's Guide . . . from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
Item #4136
224 p.; 12mo; original pebbled purple cloth, front cover stamped in gilt, all edges gilt; elaborately engraved bastard title; frontis illus.; illustrations from cuts throughout, 5 fold-out maps: Trans-continental railroad lines & table; Omaha & Council Bluffs; Salt Lake City 9.5" x 12.75"; Yellowstone National Park, 10"x9"; World Map of trans-continental, trans-European, etc. routes, 18"x36", colored. Numerous ads. New York: Geo. A. Crofutt, nd [c.1873]. Fifth Vol., Fourth Annual Revise. Howes C901. The dozens of engravings reveal the country "opened up" by the completion of the Pacific Railroad. " To look for and hunt the Buffalo, Antelope, Deer, and other game; Trout Fishing, etc., etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing - where to see it - where to go - how to go - and whom to stop with while passing over the Union Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad of Cal." Head of spine chipped; moderate sunning of cloth to brown, primarily at extremities; ownership stamp front endpaper; offset on endpapers from tape of mylar wrap; several splits to maps especially at fold creases & paritcularly the Yellowstone map with 4.5" closed split from right margin. Overall a very good copy. |
