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Sale 392: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps (#392) 11/06/2008 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Lot #42 Travels in New England and New York

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$212.50

Estimate: $300 - $500

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Description

Title:

Travels in New England and New York

Author:

Dwight, Timothy

Place Published:

New Haven

Publisher:

Timothy Dwight

Date Published:

1821-1822

Description:

4 volumes. 524; 527; 534; 527 pp. Three folding maps. (4to) 8¾x5, original tan cloth-backed boards with paper spine label. First Edition.

Author was president of Yale from 1795-1817. Sabin quotes the Quarterly Review as saying "This work...is the most important of Dr. Dwight's writings..." Howes D612; Sabin 21559.

Condition:

Spines sunned and stained, Volume 1 spine detaching at head, edgewear and corners bumped; light to moderate foxing to pages and maps, map from Volume 2 detached but present; else good.

Item#:

191308

Headline:

Travels in New England and NY by Timothy Dwight
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