L. W. Currey, Inc.

(Adirondacks; Northern New York) Sears, Edward S. FAXON'S ILLUSTRATED HAND-BOOK OF SUMMER TRAVEL, TO THE LAKES, SPRINGS AND MOUNTAINS OF NEW ENGLAND AND NEW YORK ... ROUTES TO NEW YORK, LONG ISLAND SOUND, THE HUDSON RIVER[,] THE HOOSAC TUNNEL AND SARATOGA. LAKE GEORGE, CHAMPLAIN, WINNEPISEOGEE AND MEMPHREMAGOG. THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, AND THE ADIRONDACKS. NIAGARA, THE ST. LAWRENCE AND THE SAGUENAY, ETC., ETC. New and Revised Edition. Boston: Published by Charles A. Faxon, No. 228 Washington Street (Formerly 82.), 1875. 12mo, pp. [1-12] [1] 2-285 [286] [287: ad] [288-290: blank] 1-[2]: First-Class Hotels 3: "Index to Advertisments" 4-24: ads, ads on paste-downs, many illustrations, including eleven small chromolithographs mounted on plate paper, six maps, four of which are folded and inserted and two are in the text, publisher's plum cloth stamped in blind. Third edition. The third (and last?) edition of this elaborate and important guide to tourist destinations in New England and northern New York state, with extensive information on the Adirondack region. "Saratoga and Its Attractions," pages [98]-125; "Schroon Lake and Neighboring Resorts," pages 126-129; Lake George and Lake Champlain, pages 129-155; "Plattsburgh and the Ausable Chasm," pages [156]-170; "The Adirondack Region," pages [171]-191. All eleven of the charming and colorful chromolithographs are views of Saratoga, Fort Ticonderoga and the Adirondacks. A description of the White Mountains is found on pages [271]-285. Bent, p. 6. Plum 1204. Spine sunned, a very good copy with clean interior. A nice copy of a book that is seldom found in satisfactory condition. (#178972).

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