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Auction archive: Lot number 87

The Garden of the World, or the Great West; Its History; Its Wealth; Its Natural Advantages; and Its Future. Also Comprising a Complete Guide to Emigrants, with a Full Description of the Different Routes Westward. By an Old Settler

Estimate
US$150 - US$250
Price realised:
US$96
Auction archive: Lot number 87

The Garden of the World, or the Great West; Its History; Its Wealth; Its Natural Advantages; and Its Future. Also Comprising a Complete Guide to Emigrants, with a Full Description of the Different Routes Westward. By an Old Settler

Estimate
US$150 - US$250
Price realised:
US$96
Beschreibung:

Title: The Garden of the World, or the Great West; Its History; Its Wealth; Its Natural Advantages; and Its Future. Also Comprising a Complete Guide to Emigrants, with a Full Description of the Different Routes Westward. By an Old Settler Author: [Dana, Charles W.] Place: Boston Publisher: Wentworth & Co. Date: 1856 Description: 7, [1], 13-396 pp. Wood engraved plates. 18.2x11.5 cm (7¼x4½,"), original blindstamped brown cloth, rebacked with original spine cloth laid on, gilt spine title, new endpapers,. First Edition. A sort of gazetteer of points West (when the West began in Ohio) including information on some of the settlement companies that offered services and assistance to emigrants. Cowan, p.155; Graff 995; Sabin 26603; Wagner-Camp 297a:1. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear to corners, some foxing within, about very good. Item number: 273148a

Auction archive: Lot number 87
Auction:
Datum:
20 Oct 2016
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: The Garden of the World, or the Great West; Its History; Its Wealth; Its Natural Advantages; and Its Future. Also Comprising a Complete Guide to Emigrants, with a Full Description of the Different Routes Westward. By an Old Settler Author: [Dana, Charles W.] Place: Boston Publisher: Wentworth & Co. Date: 1856 Description: 7, [1], 13-396 pp. Wood engraved plates. 18.2x11.5 cm (7¼x4½,"), original blindstamped brown cloth, rebacked with original spine cloth laid on, gilt spine title, new endpapers,. First Edition. A sort of gazetteer of points West (when the West began in Ohio) including information on some of the settlement companies that offered services and assistance to emigrants. Cowan, p.155; Graff 995; Sabin 26603; Wagner-Camp 297a:1. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear to corners, some foxing within, about very good. Item number: 273148a

Auction archive: Lot number 87
Auction:
Datum:
20 Oct 2016
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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