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Publication Date: 1857
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Fair. Boston 1857 Fourth Thousand. Hardcover. Small octavo, 370pp., illustrations, gilt printed cloth. Faint school library stamp on title page - no other ownership marks. Fairly Good, inner hinges cracked, some foxing, spine ends worn.
Published by Nathaniel Noyes, Boston, 1857
Seller: Philosopher's Stone Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover (1857,c1855) with well preserved light green boards showing an embossed design of a mountain on both front & rear and gold gilt titles on an age toned spine in good condition, ex-lib copy of the West Hampton Free Library with discard stamped to title page, strong inner hinges, some foxing to end papers, "Guide from Various Cities to the White Mountains" by Nathaniel Noyes 1857 in rear along with 3 pages of ads, 324 pages with full page illustrations.
Published by Nathaniel Noyes, Boston, 1856
Seller: Peninsula Books, Traverse City, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. One of the earliest books on the White Mountains (preceded only by Crawford's and Spaulding's works). Contains a number of plates depicting scenes in the mountains, narrative of White Mountain history, the author's account of his family's destruction in a mountain landslide, discussions of Indians, geology, tables of distances and transportation from Boston and New York, etc. The appendix by Nathaniel Noyes contains a "Guide from New York and Boston to the Whit Mountains and covers pages 308 to 321 and is followed by four pages of publisher's ads (one leaf containing ads is torn away at the top not affecting any text). The ads indicate that this is probably the 3rd thousand. There is no map in this copy, but it appears that copies with Noyes' Guide in the Appendix were not published with the map that appeared in copies without an appendix. Contains 8 full page plates including the frontis. Uncommon. Some rubbing to original brown cloth blindstamped covers, general foxing to most pages, lacks the front free end paper. Ref: Not in Howes, Sabin; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 307 pages.