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TANNER, Henry Schenck (1786–1858). The American Traveller; or, Guide through the United States. Philadelphia: Published by the author, 1837. 12mo. Engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved plates, 4 engraved double–page city plans, and a large folding map with hand–coloring depicting the United States east of the Mississippi River with inset plans of several cities. Original publisher’s embossed cloth, printed label to upper cover (covers unevenly sunned, joints showing, some pale browning to plates, else fine). Provenance: Amos Tuck French (1863–1941), bookplate of a prominent American banker that later became the director of the Northern Pacific Railing and head of the Northern Securities Company. Third edition, first published in 1834, with engraved plans of Baltimore, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. AN ATTRACTIVE COPY. Howes T–24.