A Guide to the City of New-York; Containing an Alphabetical List of Streets, &c. Accompanied by a new and Correct Map
New York: Tanner & Disturnell, 1840. Later edition. Hardcover. 64mo. 13 cm x 8 cm. [3], 4-15, [1] pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on the front board. Yellow coated rear endpaper and rear pastedown. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with a folding map in the rear of the volume. The folding map in the rear of the volume is hand-colored. Its title is "New Map of the City of New-York with part of Brooklyn & Williamsburg". By J. Calvin Smith. Engraved on steel by Stiles, Sherman & Smith. The folding map is dated 1840. Phillips 532. Guide books similar to this one were published as early as 1836. OCLC locates a few examples of this exact edition. With a list of wards, streets, and information on how to get around the city. A fascinating look at early nineteenth-century New York City. Very Good. Item #000014171
Light soiling to the cloth. Lacks the yellow free front endpaper and front pastedown. The folding map with one piece neatly detached but laid in, the whole map is present.
Price: $600.00