Census Pocket Map Colton (1 results)

12mo. 4.5 x 7 in. 46 pp., plus 2 pp. publisher's ads. With 1 large folding hand-coloured 3 colour map which folds out into 12.5 x 15 in. map as frontisp., w/ two inset profiles at 32 degrees & 42 degrees North from coast-to-coast. Embossed black publisher's cloth, decorations front & back cover, gilt lettering (rebacked, recased & map folds neatly repaired on verso, minor age toning, former ex-lib stamp on title), still G copy. First Colton edition of this 19th-century Ninth Census pocket map compactly informing travelers across the post-Civil War United States the total state & territorial populations, as well as offering quick reference to individual important cities. Of particular interest is the scarce 1860 map by J.H. Colton, lacking in most copies, which includes the inset Continental Profiles, as well as denoting the Dakota Territory as one, Indian Territory tied into Arkansas, along with the newly created Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Arizona & New Mexico territories. George Woolworth Colton (1827-1901), and brother Charles B. Colton (1832-1916) had reconstituted their father's firm following the Civil War, and riding the railroad building boom were active in continuing to update and issue pocket maps for eager travelers. Worldcat locates 2 copies with map (Yale, Univ. of IL), another version w/o map was issued with 42 pp. (See Newberry Library copy).