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SMITH, John Calvin (c. 1809-1890). The Western Tourist and Emigrant’s Guide, with a compendious Gazetteer of the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, and the Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa. New York: J.H. Colton, 1840.
12mo. Large folding map at end with hand-coloring (discreet repairs to folds at verso, some browning); 1pp. publisher’s ad. Original blindstamped blue-green ribbed cloth, gilt-lettering to upper cover (rebacked preserving original endpapers). (Spotting and marginal browning throughout). Provenance: H.J. Willing (book label); John Villiers Farwell III and Margaret Willing Farwell (book label), son of John Villiers Farwell Sr., the notable American merchant and creator of the first prototype of the modern department store.
EARLY EDITION of this attractive pocket map showing sparsely settled areas of Iowa, northern Wisconsin and Michigan. Karpinski, p. 260; Howes S-615.