Sale 591: Rare Americana & Travel, with Books & Maps from the Warren Heckrotte Collection (#591) 07/28/2016 11:00 AM PDT CLOSED!

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Lot 382 of 541:
Rare mining map of Pacific Northwest.  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$3,300
Estimate:
$1,000 - $1,500

Title:
Map of the Different Mining Countries of the Northwest / Map of Washington with Adjacent Parts of British Columbia, Montana and Idaho

Author:
Amerine, C. H.

Place:
Spokane Falls, W.T.

Publisher:
Compiled & Copyrighted by C. H. Amerine

Date:
1888

Description:

Lithographed map, hand-coloring in outline. 61.5x62 cm (24x34¼"), folding into cloth covers.

Rare map of the Pacific Northwest, on which Streeter comments, "This large scale map shows the various mining regions and their different camps with all their routes and trails, and is useful as well for the entire region it covers." Also featured are general areas of mineral resources, towns, Indian reservations, railroads, proposed railroads, wagon roads, and trails. OCLC/WorldCat lists only one copy of this 1888 first edition, at Harvard, and only one of the 1889 second edition, at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Philips Maps p.998; Streeter 3338.


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Condition:
Map with one 5" split at fold where attached to covers, a few small splits at fold intersections, several small tape repairs on verso; very good.


 
Item number:
273216
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