THE TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO THE HUDSON RIVER, SARATOGA SPRINGS, LAKE GEORGE, FALLS OF NIAGARA AND THOUSAND ISLANDS; MONTREAL, QUEBEC, AND THE SAGUENAY RIVER; ALSO TO THE GREEN AND WHITE MOUNTAINS, AND OTHER PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND; FORMING THE FASHIONABLE NORTHERN TOUR THROUGH THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. WITH MAP AND EMBELLISHMENTS. Compiled by J. Disturnell. New York: Published by the "American News Company," 121 Nassau Street; And For Sale by A. Williams & Co., Boston; Dawson & Brother, Montreal; and by Booksellers Generally, [1864]. 16x10.5 cm (12mo), pp. [i-iii] iv [v] vi-ix [x-xiii] 14 [15] 16 [17] 18 [19] 20-294 295-324: ads, flyleaves at front and rear, 4 inserted plates with woodcut engravings, other illustrations in the text, 1 map (folded), publisher's brown cloth stamped in gold and blind, yellow endpapers. First edition, first printing. A late but important contribution to the Northern Tour literature by a prolific American guide-book compiler and publisher whose first guide to the region, THE NORTHERN TRAVELLER, was published in New York in 1844. "With the rapid development of means of transportation" John Disturnell (1801-1877) "became a prolific compiler of railway and steamship guides ... He gave off a constant succession of writings about any region or subject, specific or vague, in America or elsewhere, that interested him or might conceivably interest his 'trade.' He published handbooks, distance-tables, maps, gazetteers, and censuses too numerous to name ... He was a good salesman -- not only industrious and aggressive, but comfortably at one with the opinions and desires of his environment ... As late as 1877 he was still promoting travel. He thought that Americans should be thrifty like Europeans, so that they too might patronize the centers of rest and recreation" (DAB). See Sabin under 20325. Shallow fraying and chipping to cloth at spine ends, folded map has a closed tear along one of the folds, a very good copy. (#179109).
Price: $550.00
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