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Redpath, James, and Richard J. Hinton
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6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Hand-Book to Kansas Territory and the Rocky Mountains' Gold Region; accompanied by Reliable Maps and a Preliminary Treatise on the Pre-Emption Laws of the United States. New York: J. H. Colton, 1859
In 12s (5 3/4 x 3 5/8 in.; 148 mm x 94 mm). Folding hand-colored engraved dual map of Nebraska and Kansas by Colton, folding engraved military map of Kansas, woodcut vignette of a tipi, preliminary publisher's advertisement leaf, 4 leaves of advertisements at end; maps with a few pinholes at intersecting folds. Publisher's blind-embossed brown cloth gilt; extremities quite rubbed.
In 12s (5 3/4 x 3 5/8 in.; 148 mm x 94 mm). Folding hand-colored engraved dual map of Nebraska and Kansas by Colton, folding engraved military map of Kansas, woodcut vignette of a tipi, preliminary publisher's advertisement leaf, 4 leaves of advertisements at end; maps with a few pinholes at intersecting folds. Publisher's blind-embossed brown cloth gilt; extremities quite rubbed.
Literature
Graff 3437; Hafen 14; Rader 2773; Streeter sale 4:2131; Wagner-Camp-Becker 343; Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West 995, 996
Catalogue Note
First edition; an unusually fresh copy of this popular guide to the gold regions. The double map comprises "Kansas and Nebraska" and "Nebraska and Kanzas showing Pikes Peak and the Gold Region."