Nov 25, 2014 - Sale 2368

Sale 2368 - Lot 141

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(KANSAS.) Parker, Nathan H. The Kansas and Nebraska Handbook for 1857-8. Folding hand-colored map. 12mo, publisher's cloth gilt, lower backstrip chipped; dampstaining restricted to margins; long gift inscription by the author on front free endpaper dating from the early 1860s. Boston, 1857

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The attractive Colton map extends as far west as Salt Lake City and as far north as the Canadian border. In addition to the usual material found in emigrant guides, this includes a long chapter on the very recent dramatic events in Kansas, pages 65-103. Howes P84; Sabin 58722.