APPLETON'S GUIDE TO MEXICO, INCLUDING A CHAPTER ON GUATEMALA AND AN ENGLISH-MEXICAN VOCABULARY by Conkling, Alfred R - 1884

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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1886. Third. 12mo; VG-/no-DJ; faded red spine with gold text; boards are strong, have moderate scuffing, staining, and fading, especially along spine, inside front cover is beginning to separate slightly from spine; front and back paste-downs have bookstamps from previous owner, otherwise textblock clean with some yellowing and light spotting as a result of age, binding still tight; 378pp. 1265891. Rockville Non-Retail Listings.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1884. Second edition, revised. Facsimile of Grant letter congratulating Conkling on guide, folding frontispiece map showing railways, errata slips tipped in following p. 12, 62 and 278. Two pages advertisements followed by six pages advertisement for the guide books printed on blue paper at back. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth, ruled in black, lettered in gilt. Cloth faded, rubbed, ink stains on covers and fore-edge, affecting some margins towards the back but not the text, some light browning, with signature on endpaper, else a very good copy. Second edition, revised. Facsimile of Grant letter congratulating Conkling on guide, folding frontispiece map showing railways, errata slips tipped in following p. 12, 62 and 278. Two pages advertisements followed by six pages advertisement for the guide books printed on blue paper at back. 1 vols. 8vo. HENRY SMITH PRITCHETT'S COPY. HENRY SMITH PRITCHETT'S COPY with his signature, Washington University, St. Louis, 1885 July… Read More

D. Appleton and Company, New York. 1884 . Second edition. 8vo ( 20 x 14 cm); v, 378 pp, adverts at rear, facsimile letter, folding railway map, numerous illustrations; publisher's red cloth gilt, stained with water damage on lower board; a good copy. An unusual guide for English-speaking tourists to Mexico, and Guatemala. Detailed information on railways and roads. The first edition was published a year earlier in 1883.