The Western Traveller; embracing the canal and railroad routes, from Albany and Troy, to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Also the Steamboat Route from Buffalo to Detroit and Chicago.
New York: J. Disturnell, 1844. Hardcover. A scarce traveller's guide from Albany west, via various travel methods, steamboats via the Erie Canal & the railroad. Howes D-358. Oddly, no OCLC # for the book. However OCLC: 7531340 is an Internet Resource based on A copy at Cornell, calling for 5 plates & a map; OCLC: 809477898 is a Google book based on Stanford's copy - this copy conforms to ours, with 3 woodcut illustrations of Niagara Falls (although the citation calls for 5 plates & a map.) Possibly a secondary copy, issued with fewer plates and no map due to the popularity of the original printing, although there was not a map present in this binding. 16mo, 90pp, 3 woodcut plates of Niagara Falls, 6pp advertisements mostly for steamboat and railroad companies. Original brown cloth with gilt title on cover; front cover marked. Very good condition. Item #18162
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