HAND-BOOK OF THE BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD, TO SUBURBAN HOMES, SEA-SHORE, LAKE, AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. TOGETHER WITH FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES ALONG ITS LINE, WITH A SCHEDULE OF FARES, EITHER BY SINGLE, PACKAGE, EXCURSION, OR SEASON TICKET, AND LIST OF TROUT STREAMS ON THIS RAILROAD. Compiled by Edward O. Skelton. Boston: Published by the Boston and Maine Railroad, 1874. 15x9.8 cm (small octavo), pp. [1-3] 4-55 [56: blank], 11 woodcut engravings, five folded, 1 folded map, publisher's pictorial lavender wrappers printed in black, sewn. First edition, first printing. Pocket guide to towns and tourist regions reached by the line of the Boston and Maine Railroad. Description of the points of interest and tourist services for the White Mountains is found on pages 39-51. Trout streams on the line of the Boston and Maine Railroad are briefly described on pages 52-55. The large folded map, 36x37.5 cm, is "Map of the Boston and Maine Railroad and Its Connections 1874" with railroads shown in red, with inset map "Map of the Boston and Maine Railroad Shewing Stations Etc. 1874," lithographed by Forbes & Co., Boston. Apparently, the only edition of this guidebook. Tiny paper tape mends to upper fore-edge margins of first two leaves, along fore-edge margins of two folded plates, and the edge of one map fold, a very good copy. OCLC reports two copies. There is also a copy at Yale. (#179162).
Price: $385.00
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