Title: A Journey Through Kansas; with Sketches of Nebraska: Describing the Country, Climate, Soil, Mineral, Manufacturing, and Other Resources Author: Boynton, C.B. and T.B. Mason Place: Cincinnati Publisher: Moore, Wilstach, Keys Date: 1855 Description: x, 216 pp. With a folding map of Nebraska and Kansas by Boynton. (8vo) 19.7x12 cm. (7¾x4¾"), original printed wrappers. Custom chemise and morocco-backed slipcase. First Edition. Rare wrapper-bound issue of this early report on conditions in Kansas after a journey in 1854, commissioned by the American Reform Tract and Book Society, and the Kansas League in Cincinnati. The pictorial advertisement for the publisher on the rear wrapper features a picture of the establishment. "Sixth Thousand!" printed at the top of the front wrapper. Graff 376; Howes B677. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear to wrappers, backstrip perished at ends, corners chipped; some dampstaining to contents, good. Item number: 289120
Title: A Journey Through Kansas; with Sketches of Nebraska: Describing the Country, Climate, Soil, Mineral, Manufacturing, and Other Resources Author: Boynton, C.B. and T.B. Mason Place: Cincinnati Publisher: Moore, Wilstach, Keys Date: 1855 Description: x, 216 pp. With a folding map of Nebraska and Kansas by Boynton. (8vo) 19.7x12 cm. (7¾x4¾"), original printed wrappers. Custom chemise and morocco-backed slipcase. First Edition. Rare wrapper-bound issue of this early report on conditions in Kansas after a journey in 1854, commissioned by the American Reform Tract and Book Society, and the Kansas League in Cincinnati. The pictorial advertisement for the publisher on the rear wrapper features a picture of the establishment. "Sixth Thousand!" printed at the top of the front wrapper. Graff 376; Howes B677. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear to wrappers, backstrip perished at ends, corners chipped; some dampstaining to contents, good. Item number: 289120
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