A New System of Modern Geography: or, A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; and Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World
by Guthrie, William
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1794. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Two quarto volumes in contemporary full leather bindings. Volume I: 572 pp, with two engraved plates (one folding). Joints cracked, with some old repair work visible, some loss of leather at head of spine, otherwise sound. Volume II: xi, (i), 704, (43) pp, with one folding chart (of 2) -- Lacking most of the Table of Exports. Front joint partially cracked. Ownership signatures in each volumes of Amos Slaymaker, a Revolutionary War veteran and member of ember of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. This edition includes 341 pages on the United States, in contrast to the thirty-nine pages of the fifth London edition. Evans 27077: "The American part of the work (pp. 206--588) was furnished, page by page, by Jedidiah Morse. The directions to the binder indicate that forty-seven maps were issued to subscribers with the work...but these are seldom, or never found bound with the work." Sabin 29327.
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23491
- Title
- A New System of Modern Geography: or, A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; and Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World
- Author
- Guthrie, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Mathew Carey
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1794
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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