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Ballou's Pictorial Jan - Dec 1855 maps Crimea Cuba Whaling Slaves Temperance

$ 171.59

Availability: 85 in stock
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  • Condition: Vol 1 is very good but small part of leather separating from the spine. Binding is solid. Lacks pp.367/368. Page 27/28 has long closed tear. Vol 2 front cover and first 15 pages detached. About 1/2 of leather is chipped off the spine. A few of the detached pages are frayed at the edges.

    Description

    Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion : Entire year 1855 bound in two volumes.Jan-June and July-Dec.   15 3/4" tall. Profusely illustrated with pictures, views, and a few maps.
    Contents and illustrations include : Cuba, The Crimea, Sebastopol and Balaklava, Charleston South Carolina, Manners of the Arabs, Oswego New York, Copper Mines of Algeria and Oued-Allelah, Market St. and Other Areas in Wilminghton NC, Mummy of the Ibis, Camels, Constantinople, State of Iowa, snakes, South Sea Islanders, Muscatine Iowa, Hudson River Railroad, Round Hill Water Cure Institution Northampton Massachusetts, Arab Women Baking, Street Railroad Car in New Orleans, Santiago de Cuba, New Masonic Hall in Philadelphia, Agricultural Fair in Manchester NH, Interior and Exterior Views of Meneely's Bell Foundry, State Prison at Sing Sing New  York, Japanese Funeral, Jugglers at Singapore, Dancing Girls of Oahu Sandwich Islands, Views in Norwalk Connecticut, and lots more.
    Vol 1 is very good but small part of leather separating from the spine. Binding is solid. Lacks pp.367/368. Page 27/28 has long closed tear.
    Vol 2 front cover and first 15 pages detached. About 1/2 of leather is chipped off the spine. A few of the detached pages are frayed at the edges.
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