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This wonderful compendium of information about counties, cities, townships, towns, mountains, lakes, rivers, creeks, canals, railroads, and post offices presents history and contemporary status with well written detail. The hand colored, lithographed map is entitled "Pennsylvania" 12 3/4 x 17 (neatlines) with a key to symbols representing: existing canals, proposed canals, railroads, turnpike roads, and common roads. A lovely and informative book. $350
A Descripton of the Internal Improvements of Pennsylvania, at the present day. With a Map of the State... Philadelphia: S.C. Atkinson, 1835. Octavo. Reboudn. With prospectus for Atkinson's Casket, off-print of the January 1835 issue of Atkinson's Casket on Pennsylvania, and a Report of the Commissioners appointed to revise the Civil Code of Pennsylvania.. Also with map of "Pennsylvania, Canals, Railroads, The Coal Regions...Inhabitants in each County..." 8 x 11 1/4. Engraving by Joseph Yeager. Original hand color. Interior toned throughout. Map with reinforcement along bottom edge. Overall, very good condition.
In January of 1835 Samuel C. Atkinson sent this lovely and enticing gift to the subscribers of the Saturday Evening Post in an attempt to add them to his "patron" list. An intricate wood engraved titlepage fronted a one page prospectus for the "improved and enlarged Casket, and this was followed by a detailed foldout map of the state, 14 pages about the state from the current issue of his Casket, and a report on the Civil Code of Pennsylvania. This elegant presentation would have appealed to the patriotic hearts of all citizens of the state. This is a lovely example of cartography being used for magazine promotion in the United States. $275
Charles Miner. History of Wyoming, in a series of Letters...to his son William Penn Miner. Philadelphia: J. Crissy, 1845. Octavo. 2 maps, 2 plates. Original buckram binding with gold stamping on spine and blindstamped boards. 1st edition. Howes, M-638. Excellent condition.
A fascinating private account of the early history of the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. Miner emphasizes the controversies surrounding the Connecticut land claims to his area during the 1770s. The fold-out map which serves as frontispiece also shows New England land claims in New York and Ohio. This "Map Illustrating the New England Charter Claims West of the Delaware" was lithographed by Wagner & McGuigan and is in an unusually fine state of preservation for such a fragile piece. $125
Thomas H. Burrowes. State-Book of Pennsylvania, Containing an Account of the Geography, History, Government, Resources and Noted Citizens of the State; with a Map of the State and of each County, and the Constitution of the State. For the use of schools and families. Philadelphia: Uriah Hunt & Son, 1847. Second edition. Small octavo. Original boards and 1/4 leather spine. Page 53/54 leaf is loose. Otherwise good condition.
Thomas Henry Burrowes (1805-1871) of Lancaster was appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth and Superintendent of Common Schools by Governor Joseph Ritner (1835-39), under the School Reform Act of 1834. He later served again as Superintendent in the Civil War years, during which he organized the Soldiers' Orphans Schools. At his death he was serving as president of the State Agricultural College (now Pennsylvania State University). The main portion of the book contains brief descriptions (and small maps) of each of Pennsylvania's then 59 counties, organized as seven regions: South-Eastern, Kittatinny Valley, Anthracite Mountain, Iron Mountain, Bituminous Mountain, Western, and Northern Line. $85
Eli Bowen. The Pictorial Sketch-Book of Pennsylvania. Or Its Scenery, Internal Improvements, Resources, and Agriculture, Popularly Described. Philadelphia: Willis Hazard, 1852. Brown cloth with a gilt stamped cover design. 200 wood engravings, no map. 192 pages.
Eli Bowen, born in 1824, was a prolific mid-nineteenth century author of books about Pennsylvania, railroads, coal, and the postal system. The volume included descriptions of all parts of Pennsylvania, mostly along the then extant railroad lines, but its feature of most note was the inclusion of numerous engraved illustrations of scenes of all areas of the state. $90
B. H. Warren, M. D. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania. With Special Reference to the Food-Habits, based on over Four Thousand Stomach Examinations. Harrisburg: E. K. Meyers, 1890. Second edition, revised and augmented. Large octavo. 3/4 green pebbled calf over green cloth; brown calf gold-stamped decorative spine with raised bands (refurbished), aeg. (ii)-(xiv), 1-434. Very good condition.
This handsome volume provides physical and behavioral descriptions of the many bird species found in Pennsylvania. The 100 attractive color plates are lithographs after J. J. Audubon's Birds of America. $325
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