The Northern Traveller; Containing the Routes to Niagara, Quebec, and the Springs; with Descriptions of the Principal Scenes, and Useful Hints to Strangers
[DWIGHT, Theodore]
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The Northern Traveller was the second tourist guidebook in the United States after Gideon Minor Davison's The Fashionable Tour, published in 1822. Dwight updated his work with at least six editions until 1841. Howes D-607. TPL 7122.
Publication Info
Publisher: Wilder & Campbell
Edition: First Edition
Date Published: 1825
Place Published: New York
ISBN: n/a
Details
Condition: Very good
Signed: No
Dust Jacket: No
Jacket Condition: n/a
Details: 213, [1] p. 16 cm. 16 p. of copper maps, comprising 15 maps altogether. 4 copper plates. Half burgundy leather with marbled boards. Rebacked. Some denting to top edges. Hinges repaired internally. Ink signature on rear free endpaper. Bookplate and signature on front pastedown. A little ink on tissue guard over frontispiece. Small tear p. 145. Moderate spotting within.
