Sale 631: Fine Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography (#631) 12/14/2017 11:00 AM PST CLOSED!

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Lot 533 of 613:
Opening of the Railroad from Boston to Montreal  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$48
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$10 - $100

Title:
The Railroad Jubilee: An Account of the Celebration Commemorative of the Opening of Railroad Communication between Boston and Canada, September 17th, 18th, and 19th, 1851

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Place:
Boston

Publisher:
J.H. Eastburn

Date:
1852

Description:

[2], 288 pp. Large folding map at rear. (8vo) original blindstamped green cloth, gilt seal at center, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.

An account of the three day celebration of the establishment of service between Boston and Montreal. The folding map is a "Skeleton Map of Rail-Roads Between Cape Canso and St. Louis," with a smaller inset map of the Boston Harbor.


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Condition:
Light wear and fading to cloth; some irregular creasing to map; very good.


 
Item number:
285596b
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